Love is a unique creation of the two of us.
Both of us are free persons, continually re-inventing ourselves.
And in this phase of our lives, we are writing our stories together.
Each morning we must reaffirm our projects-of-being.
Our projects cannot re-start themselves.
We must bring them back to life—or let they die away with yesterday.
Love is one of these ever-fresh projects.
Today we must love in a new way if we are growing persons.
Yesterday can add little to what is happening between us today.
We may have pleasant memories, but memories alone are not enough.
Sad would our relationship be if we had only beautiful memories.
To the degree that we are growing, creative persons,
our love is full of surprises rather than governed by expectations.
Love may only be freely given, not expected or demanded.
Demands yield not love but duty—perhaps unwilling duty.
Therefore, love freely, give freely, receive freely...
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