Experience Seems To Convince Us That Only

Like Any Other Living, Growing Thing, Love Requires Effort To Keep It Healthy.

To That There Is An Answer.

The Lover Must Often Say, "i Love Because I Must, Because I Will It. I Love For Myself, Not For Others. I Love For The Joy It Gives Me - And Incedentally, Only - For That Joy It Gives To Others. If They Reinforce Me It Will Be Good. If They Do Not, It Also Will Be Good, For I Will To Love."

He Must Also Know Evil, Hate And Bigotry As Real Phenomena, But He Must See Love As The Greater Force. He Must Not Doubt This Even For A Moment Or He Is Lost. His Only Salvation Is To Dedicate Himself To Love, In The Same Fashion As Gandhi Did To Militant Nonviolence, As Socrates To Truth, As Jesus Did To Love And As More Did To Integrity. Only Then Will He Have The Strength To Combat The Forces Of Doubt, Confusion And Contradiction. He Can Depend Upon No On Or No Thing For Reinforcement And Assurance But Himself.

I'd Like To Be Remembered For Being A Good, Kind, Loving, Gentle Man Who Attempted To Live Wisely, And Who Cared A Lot.