self-love (a winter love study hall)
self-love (a winter love study hall)
Until recently, when I thought of love, which was rare, I generally took love to be a feeling. A feeling inside us, inside them for us, or as a thing passed between us —that someone gives you (or takes away from you, or that you might never feel again).
I didn't think about how I loved, just who I loved, and that I loved them.
What if, as M. Scott Peck explains, in The Road Less Traveled, love is a practice of being, not a challenge of getting and keeping and — "Love is as love does. Love is an act of will—namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love." (p.83)
And if it is a practice, then you can become better at it, you can explore variations of it, you can learn about and expand your experience of it.
What if you started with yourself?
In this study hall, we'll look at self-love.
Let's talk...
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, and that's cool too. Either way, it'll be great to hang out with you and talk about love.
with much care and interest,
—Alex