Chapter 22—Love as purpose and means

So, every occasion we have to learn the joy and satisfaction of selfless loving, is a fruitful endeavor. It may seem that friendships and romantic relationships are lost or wasted time and effort. Try not to see them that way. We surely don’t need to crowd our lives with countless relationships in a quest for Love’s ultimate (God’s own Love which is already and steadily loving us), but we can recognize the experiences that do come to us as practice. They are worthwhile (whether they continue or not) in the fact that we are learning more of how to love and be loved. Take a different perspective on your past by acknowledging that you are, just as a musician is, naturally and progressively getting better at doing what you were made to do.