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Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Intimacy is when
We’re in the same place at the same time
Dealing honestly with how we feel
And who we really are

Tenderness
Tenderness
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Love is a form of sweet labor: fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life giving a choice we make over and over again. Love as labor can be taught, modeled, and practiced. This labor engages all our emotions. Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger protects that which is loved. And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love.

"Revolutionary love" is the choice to labor for others, for our opponents, and for ourselves in order to transform the world around us.
It begins with wonder: You are a part of me I do not yet know. It is not a formal code or prescription but an orientation to life that is personal and political, sustained by joy.

Loving only ourselves is escapism; loving only our opponents is self-loathing; loving only others is ineffective. All three practices together make love revolutionary, and revolutionary love can only be practiced in community.

Valarie Kaur

Valarie Kaur
A Poem Of Friendship by Nikki Giovanni
A Poem Of Friendship by Nikki Giovanni
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The Errand Friend Hang
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