By Jennifer Peepas — 2012
Humans are hungry. The only way to feed it is to love people and let yourself be loved.
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We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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In this beautifully written meditation book, bestselling author Karen Casey sensitively examines the challenges of love: the love we give friends, family, a lover, even ourselves. Worthy of Love offers 52 (weekly) inspiring quotes and short readings for those who struggle to love and be loved.
We all yearn for intimacy, but we avoid it. We want it badly, but we often run from it. At some deep level we sense that we have a profound need for intimacy, but we are afraid to go there. Why? We avoid intimacy because having intimacy means exposing our secrets.
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"Wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review), and rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.
Create new friendships, deliciously celebrate the ones you have, practice new ways to be a better friend . . . with others and yourself.
Jean Oelwang, president and CEO of Virgin Unite, spent fifteen years interviewing sixty-five prominent pairs, including Ben and Jerry, Leah and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter.