Can one have love?
If we could, love would need to be a thing, a substance that one can have, own, possess.
The truth is, there is no such thing as "love." "Love" is an abstraction, perhaps a goddess or an alien being, although nobody has ever seen this goddess.
In reality, there exists only the act of loving.
To love is a productive activity. It implies caring for, knowing, responding, affirming, enjoying: the person, the tree, the painting, the idea.
It means bringing to life, increasing his/her/its aliveness.
It is a process, self-renewing and self increasing.
-- Erich Fromm
If we could, love would need to be a thing, a substance that one can have, own, possess.
The truth is, there is no such thing as "love." "Love" is an abstraction, perhaps a goddess or an alien being, although nobody has ever seen this goddess.
In reality, there exists only the act of loving.
To love is a productive activity. It implies caring for, knowing, responding, affirming, enjoying: the person, the tree, the painting, the idea.
It means bringing to life, increasing his/her/its aliveness.
It is a process, self-renewing and self increasing.
-- Erich Fromm
Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009.
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