Three Things You Should Know About Love
I am such a sucker for love.
I love love. In all the many forms in which it presents itself. I love familial love. Nothing like a mother’s embrace, my father’s mouth spilling with laughter and being chased by my sister as we display the exuberance of youth. I love the love of sisterhood. Of my best friend completing my sentences, drinking wine with my best girls and laughing till we’re breathless with tears in our eyes. All forms of love are so beautiful.
What we must always remember that what makes love so beautiful is the vulnerability that makes loving possible in the first place. You cannot love from a place of hardness. Any love from a heart cased in concrete is not a love that will be felt deeply by anyone.
For so much as we know of love, there is always more to know. Bell Hooks in her phenomenal book ‘all about love’ takes us on a beautiful journey on the complex yet astonishing journey we call love. I will be sharing three of my favourite quotes and what they mean to me. I hope you enjoy them.
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
Bell Hooks (All About Love)
