The Work of Love is to Love
"My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments 
that turn experience into love: holding and listening. For every time I 
have held or been held, every time I have listened or been listened to, 
experience burns like wood in that eternal fire and I find myself in the
 presence of love. This has always been so. Consider these two old 
beliefs that carry the wisdom and challenge of holding and listening..."
 Mark Nepo shares more in this thoughtful passage.