Category: Love
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On Relationships: Trust, Authenticity, and Communication
What makes or breaks a relationship? This is what I have learnt and come to believe.
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Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist (TED)
A beautifully told story and an inspiring testament to the power of human empathy: She looked at me with the weary eyes of someone who had experienced enough dogmatism to last a lifetime, and said, “I’m tired of hating people.”
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Medium
I just discovered Medium. And I am loving it. It’s such a fluid reading and writing experience. If you haven’t, you should give it a try. Here’s Mr. CEO comparing Medium to the traditional blog: On Medium, you can contribute often or just once in a blue moon, without the commitment of a blog. And either way,…
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Love Illustrated (from Maria)
Susan Sontag on Love: Illustrated Diary Excerpts I’m giving in to the Valentine’s weekend at last. Here’s a little love-related post from Maria to follow the previous two (on defining love and telling love from passion).
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At the Beginning
“Life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road now and forever A wonderful journey I’ll be there when the world stops turning I’ll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing At the beginning… with you.”…
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Maria on How to Tell Love from Passion
Another lovely piece from Brain Pickings. A good follow-up read to her Literary Definitions of Love, already posted here. I do use a lot of her material, don’t I? I blame her writings for being too interesting!
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What Is Love? Famous Definitions from Maria Popova
Go here. I particularly liked the following, from Iris Murdoch: Love is the very difficult understanding that something other than yourself is real. What is love to you? What was your favourite definition? Love – undefined, untamed, and all, Val
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