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Tag Archives: Love
Distraction & Love
David Kanigan, over at Lead.Learn.Live, this morning posted this excerpt from a book by Tony Schwartz . I read it and commented. I’m reposting my commenting here as well, because it goes to the heart of what I write about on … Continue reading
Posted in David Kanigan, Tony Schwartz, Truth, Uncategorized, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged David Kanigan, Death, Denial, Love, The Examined Life, Tony Schwartz, Truth, Waking Up
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Fulton J. Sheen: Lent
Reblogged from Rubber Tyres –> Smooth Rides: “We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Agape, Charity, Courage, Fulton J. Sheen, Lent, Love, personal growth, Virtue
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Martin Luther King on Love (and Loving the Enemy)
The meaning of love is not to be confused with some sentimental outpouring. Love is much deeper than emotional bosh. Jesus said, “Love your enemies.” We should be happy that he did not say, “Like your enemies.” It is almost … Continue reading
Posted in Agape, Difficulty, Martin Luther King Jr., Real Love, Spiritual Growth, The Examined Life, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged Agape, Love, Loving the Enemy, Martin Luther King Jr.
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There Are *No* Ordinary People!
“It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, … Continue reading
How Do You Define Love? How Do You Know What Love Is?
. How Do You Define Love? How we define love—as a feeling or as an action, as something that we feel and that is triggered by another or others, or as something we do and a way of life and … Continue reading
Posted in "Love Wins", Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, Glennon Melton, Jim Rohn, Luke 6:32-35, Mature Love, Momastery, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, The Examined Life, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged "Love Wins", Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, Gordon Hinckley, Jim Rohn, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Love, Luke 6:32-35, Philosophy, Reading, The Examined Life, Thinking, What is love?
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Love & Our Two Selves
. This post was prompted in part by a post that was reblogged by Todd Loheny from MindBodyGreen.com titled “The Reason Love Dies (And How To Get It Back!)” by Shelly Bullard, MFT. This is not a direct response to her … Continue reading
Posted in "To Have or To Be?", Erich Fromm, M. Scott Peck, Martin Luther King Jr., Real Love, The Examined Life, The Road Less Traveled, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged "To Have Or To Be?", Chris Rock, Erich Fromm, Intimate Realtionships, Love, M. Scott Peck, Martin Luther King Jr., Relationships, The Road Less Traveled
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Love, the Feeling, versus Love, the Capacity (Immature Love versus Mature Love, part 2)
. A properly (or fully) developed human being is a Loving human being. Love, ultimately, is a capacity. A capacity that develops as the result of developing many other capacities and virtues and behavioral predispositions. Some of these are of … Continue reading
Posted in chapter 13, Conscience, Conscious Love, Courage, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Friendship, Generosity, Gratitude, Honesty, Immature Love, Love is Not a Feeling, Mature Love, Perspective, Real Love, Self-Love, Spiritual Growth, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged Behavior, Character Orientation, Conscience, Conscious Love, Conscious Relationships, Gratitude, Immature Love, Love, Love is a Virtue, Love is Not a Feeling, Matthew Chapter 13, Mature Love, Real Love, Relationships, Romatic Love, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Hnat Hanh, Virtue, Virtues
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Criticism, Critical Thinking, and Love
. One of the running themes throughout all of my blogs and many blog posts has been encouraging anyone who reads or strays across these posts and pages to try and lead as examined and reflective a life as possible. … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Criticism, Denial, John Kenneth Galbraith, M. Scott Peck, Matthew 7: 1-6, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, The Examined Life, Truth, Winston Churchill
Tagged Constructive Criticism, Critical Thinking, Criticism, differentiation, Feedback, Growing Up, Honesty, Inner Peace, John Kenneth Galbraith, Judgmentalness, Love, M. Scott Peck, The Examined Life, Truth, Winston Churchill
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Why Real Love Is So Difficult & Rare (updated 12-26-2012)
. (This is an updated version of a post I first publish on Feb 28, 2012 — “Why Real Love Is So Difficult & Rare“) . . “We have lost our sense of values: when your fence falls, you mend … Continue reading
Posted in Conscience, Conscious Love, Courage, Czeslaw Milosz, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Generosity, Honesty, Immature Love, Intimate Relationships, Love, Love is Not a Feeling, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Self-Extension, Spiritual Growth, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thomas Merton, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love?
Tagged Czeslaw Milosz, Growing Up, Laziness, Learning, Love, Love is Not a Feeling, Martin Luther King Jr., Nathaniel Hawthorne, Real Love, Selfishness, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thomas Merton, Truth, Waking Up
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