Saturday, May 27, 2017

U.S. Department of Love

We spend incredible amounts of time and money teaching people how to fight a war and sometimes how to kill. We spend a great deal of time and money also training people how to police.
But how much time and money do we spend on teaching people how to love? The love of the great religions is not innate or easy. Do we leave it to families? Or the pale efforts of religion? Or to fumbling experience?
Should we leave love to the pop singers? To the greeting cards? To the occasional sermon?
Where are the training courses for love? Where are the simulation exercises? Where are the seasoned teachers and mentors?
Dennis Kucinich once proposed a U.S. Department of Peace. What about a U.S. Department of Love with a hefty budget.

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