I love when Lipton talks about love. Love fascinates me- or MY idea of love fascinates me. No one knows what love is. They may have a version, or a thought about what they think love is, which is fine, but love is a metaphor.
Lipton talked about Maslow's hierarchy of human needs and shared something with us that I thought was very personal. He talked about his time when he first moved to New York as being very lonely; having no friends, family, or even a phone for communication. It is this unhealthy isolation that inhibits us from experiencing love. A sense of belonging is recognized as a basic need, so if there's no sense of belonging in your life, you really are not in a position to be in a relationship. To understand the full richness of love you must have a sense of self-consciousness and reach self -actualization. Only with a sense of belonging and an awareness of one's self in the world is one able give and receive love.
Am I ready for love? Let’s just say, I will be.
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