Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s - TopicsExpress



          

Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are. And this is why love, as I understand it, is always specific. Trying to love all of humanity may be a worthy endeavor, but, in a funny way, it keeps the focus on the self, on the self’s own moral and spiritual well-being. Whereas, to love a specific person, and to identify with his or her struggles and joys as if they were your own, you have to surrender some of your self. - Jonathan Franzen
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 04:58:03 +0000

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