“I’m that man and I know it. I’m shamelessly all heart. Lover and a fighter. Last of a dying breed. I’m at peace with it. I have pride with it. Because the best thing I can be — is me. I know this, I own this, and I want to help others become the best them. The way is kindness, the way is compassion. To see see one for who they are and to see them become all they can be. That is the way. The way is love.” LoveCompassionKindnessFighterManLoverMasculinityFemininityGritThe Art Of Loving Author:Drue Grit
“I’m that man and I know it. I’m shamelessly all heart. Lover and a fighter. Last of a dying breed. I’m at peace with it. I have pride with it. Because the best thing I can be — is me. I know this, I own this, and I want to help others become the best them. The way is kindness, the way is compassion. To see one for who they are and to see them become all they can be. That is the way. The way is love.” LoveCompassionKindnessFighterManLoverMasculinityFemininityGritThe Art Of Loving Author:Drue Grit
“The faculty to think objectively is reason; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of humility. To be objective, to use one's reason, is possible only if one has achieved an attitude of humility, if one has emerged from the dreams of omniscience and omnipotence which one has as a child. Love, being dependent on the relative absence of narcissism, requires the developement of humility, objectivity and reason. I must try to see the difference between my picture of a person and his behavior, as it is narcissistically distorted, and the person's reality as it exists regardless of my interests, needs and fears.” LoveReasonUnderstandingCompassionHumilityConflictEmpathySelfishnessReasoningNarcissismSubjectiveObjectivityObjectiveErich FrommThe Art Of Loving Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“Everything in life is your interpretation of things. People, places, and things. It’s a hard thing to do in this day and age, but try to assume positive intent with people and of your world. If we are going to make this world look more beautiful, feel more beautiful and be more beautiful, then we must treat it beautiful. This way starts with ourselves and continues with others. And the only way to be beautiful, to see beautiful, and to feel truly beautiful — is to love and be loving.” LoveBeautifulBeautyLovingGritBeautiful WritingTrue GritThe Art Of Loving Author:Drue Grit
“[Silent Messages 2] She was rearranging her messy handbag at the crowded bus station When she lifted her head for a short interval, Her eyes caught a young couple kissing, touching, and hugging In an exaggerated and performative manner When the couple noticed her, The young woman gave her a mean and malicious look as if asking: Are you jealous of all the love I am surrounded by? She returned the look with a sly one as if responding: The love that exaggerates in displaying itself in public Is either new and inexperienced, dead, or dying… [[Original poem published in Arabic on December 5, 2022 at ahewar.org]” LoveExperienceJealousyMaliceArabic PoetryArabic LiteraturePerformativityPublic Display Of AffectionThe Art Of Loving Author:Louis Yako