Wisdom From Classic Love Songs
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” ~Unknown You can’t turn on the radio without hearing a song about love, whether it’s the TMI kind that unfolds in a country song, the innocent kind described in pre-adolescent pop, or the idealized kind a singer either just found or recently lost. Whether you believe love conquers all or you’re slightly more cynical, odds are you know loving and being loved gives life a whole new meaning. You can spend time alone and enjoy it, but your world expands by leaps and bounds when you see it both through your eyes and the eyes of the people you love. You can do fulfilling work, but it’s more powerful when you feel a sense of purpose connected to people, those you know and those you don’t. When you think about finding love, you’re probably more concerned with finding a long-term partner than love in general, in the faces of babies, the smiles of strangers, and all that idealized-sounding jazz. This post is partly about t...