The section that Kate Arrington Silvertooth quoted from my piece on the pursuit of happiness that I had not read in years and came to me with special poignance this sad night is as follows: Finally, and always, there is love. By this, I dont mean that economic bargain that often passes for love these days. I dont mean that I will love you if you get good grades, or that I will love you if youll sleep with me, or that I will love you if anything. I mean what I mean when I say, I love you. Period. Without expectation, condition, term limit, codicil, or obligation. To say that - and to mean it in that way - makes me happy. What makes me happiest of all is when someone says I love you to me - meaning it as unconditionally as I intend to mean it - and I simply accept it. Learning to accept unconditional love has been the most demanding part of my education. Still, when I love without goal and accept love without doubt, I am happy. In this, I am not pursuing happiness. I am becoming it. -John Perry Barlow
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 06:56:55 +0000
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