Can one have love? If we could, love would need to be
a thing, a substance that one can have, own, possess.
The truth is, there is no such thing as "love.
" "Love" is an abstraction, perhaps a goddess or an alien
being, although nobody has ever seen this goddess.
In reality, there exists only the act of loving.
To love is a productive activity. It implies caring for,
knowing, responding, affirming, enjoying: the person,
the tree, the painting, the idea. It means bringing
to life, increasing his/her/its aliveness.
It is a process, self-renewing and self increasing.
from To Have or to Be?
Erich Fromm
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