"Despite what we know about the value of 'deliberate practice' in attaining excellence in any endeavor...we remain gobsmackingly naive about the practice of love, approaching it instead with the magical-thinking expectation that we’re born excellent at it."
Maria Popova
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blog | june 30, 2014
A 'Dynamic Interaction': Leo Buscaglia on Why Love Is a Learned Language
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“Being a mother and a wife is very much dharma practice if one uses one’s intelligence. Where do you need generosity, patience and so on, more than when bringing up a child?”Tenzin Palmo Buddhist nun | founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery
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A book that offers words to the wise about love, and brilliantly featured on Brain Pickings.
Ballatine Books |
"Dr. Love," author of Love: What life is all about, speaks about his romantic expertise.
Miami Dade College Archives | CC BY-SA 3.0 |