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Love is not merely positive feelings and joy; it is not merely soft kisses by a lake on warm summer evenings. Love includes such experiences, but it can be very uncomfortable. Love is seeing people as they are. All their wildest joys, deepest sufferings; their accomplishments, and their mistakes. It is the powerful and intense experience of being seen for who we are. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Love is not merely positive feelings and joy; it is not merely soft kisses by a lake on warm summer evenings. Love includes such experiences, but it can be very uncomfortable. Love is seeing people as they are. All their wildest joys, deepest sufferings; their accomplishments, and their mistakes. It is the powerful and intense […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4807,"featured_media":228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOn Love and Harm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Love is not merely positive feelings and joy; it is not merely soft kisses by a lake on warm summer evenings. 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