Love Is the Cure

Love is the cure.

Love is the virtue.

Love as a virtue is not the opposite of hate. Rather, love is the mean between repulsion and obsession. We should neither be repulsed by others nor obsessed with ourselves.

Love, the native wisdom of those great leaders from Martin Luther King Jr. to Abraham Lincoln, is often cast as childish, naïve, and idealistic. Nothing requires greater rigor of mind, heart, and courage than love.

Love is born of the constant vigilance we need to prevent us from fabricating the other. It is a courageous act.

It takes courage to both stand your ground and listen without prejudice; to rise above suspicion and really hear what the other person is saying, especially when they seem to challenge our values and sense of identity. It takes courage to not turn away in disgust, but to admit that individuals can be
of sound mind and still have totally differing views. It takes temperance to respond with equanimity and justice.

Read more in my free eBook The Erotic Justice Handbook.