How to love: a guide to understanding life

The tiny retrovirus from Wuhan managed to attack my body cells. I’m just nearing two weeks since my body has been facing this parasitic structure and it’s been foggy, tiring and sleepy. It has forced me to just be present in the moment. With SARS-CoV-2 you have to surrender and redirect all your energy towards your immune system.  Recovering from Covid-19 has given me plenty of time for introspection. I am again appreciating being able to do the things I enjoy the most. Today I played the piano after a long period of not being motivated to do so. I have the impression I had fallen in the trap I once so clearly escaped from. The trap of social appreciation.  I was starting to become uneasy with the reality of being unemployed and disconnected in this geographical isolation where my home is placed. Living in a small island, in a tiny rural village comes with its own challenges. After so many years, it is not easy to relocate or reinsert yourself in the workforce.  Yet there...

Welcome to my new blog about LOVING, the fuel that keeps us going, day in and day out.  Regardless of where you are in life, whether in your teens or late fifties, you have somehow come across the notion of love. Romantic love dominates interpersonal relationships of which we will have only a few worth remembering as we age. Parental love is also present in most people's lives. There is also love for nature, for our pets, communities, our jobs and our hobbies.  In this first post, I'd like to introduce some ideas about love that I have gathered in fifty years of memories. Please, read carefully and share with those you think might need to find out these truths. The earlier in life, the better.  The toxic fairy tale: romantic love So many of us have been poisoned with the notion that there is a " special person " who is our perfect match and will take all our troubles away once we make them part of our life. We long for the day we will meet "the one", assumin...