love practice (a winter love study hall)
Here’s where I’d like to open things up —
When we understand love as the will to nurture our own and another’s spiritual growth it becomes clear that we cannot claim to love if we are hurtful and abusive." — ALL ABOUT LOVE, by bell hooks, p.6
So, basically, love is a practice of being (your intentions, will and actions), vs a feeling or a thing passed between us (maybe).
Let’s hang out and talk about it…
There is nothing to prepare.
Though, you may also feel inspired to pull out your favorite texts about love in advance of us getting together.
Here’s one of mine…
To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility. We are often taught that we have no control over our feelings. Yet most of us accept that we choose our actions, that intention and will inform what we do. We also accept that your actions have consequences. — all about love, by bell hooks, p.13
with much care and interest,
—Alex
