"Being loved is a privilege not to be scoffed at. It is a great and powerful mystery that one person loves another. In some way, it has nothing to do with us personally, for thousands, if not millions, of equally worthy people stand outside the experience wistfully looking in. It is a gift of the universe not to be taken lightly.
”The same is true for the opportunity to love another human being. What a chance to practice patience, flexibility, constancy, commitment. What an occasion for soulmaking — to learn to see someone for who they really are rather than a reflection of who you would wish them to be, and to want the highest good for that being, regardless of your own self-interest.
”When we remember what a tremendous gift we have been given in the opportunity to love and be loved, we can't help but feel a swell of appreciation for the possibility itself.”
