Born for love

by Buscaglia

Choosing to be a lover doesn't preclude common sense, nor does it mean that we check our brains at the door. Those whose love relationships are nothing but emotional roller coasters may find that their intellects provide a stabilizing influence for a smoother ride.

It is injustice to speak of “love at first sight”, “Happy ever aftering” and “unconditional loving” as if they were givens, to be expected simply because we are human. We continue to resist any notion that love is learned, that it takes great conscious effort to acquire the requisite skills to keep love alive. Rather, the majority of us are prone to wait until we find ourselves despairing, lonely and overpowered by feelings of hopelessness before we look to a better understanding of love as a possible answer. So we continue to scoff at love. And the result? More loneliness, more aspirins, more high blodd pressure, more therapists, more ulcers, more headaches, more laxatives…(goes on for another 8 lines, to lazy to type it all out but you get the piucture)…..more death.