Love

 Love is unpredictable, and it’s not easy. Romance is too flabby to be love. Infatuation doesn’t endure. Sex is not particularly reliable. Love doesn’t pay much attention to gender, race, ethnicity, class, status or side of the railroad track. Love is at the same time ordinary and rare. The way it happens, it could just be in the air. It’s best when it’s lived. It pays off well when it’s invested in children. It’s not on most people’s list of New Year’s resolutions, but it should be. Love can look different, but it acts the same. Love is measured in the other. Whether it’s big love or little love, it’s love. Love is never finished with its work. Love is in all the body parts, not just the heart. Love brings courage with it as part of the deal. Love absorbs small transgressions and mediates big ones. Love never goes untested. We cherish the world’s great lovers.