What would you call the willingness to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing growth?
M. S. Peck

Why are we afraid of learning about love?

Are we afraid of discovering that love is something which can be learned and that we somehow got our lessons wrong?
Have we forgotten that learning is a process of trial and error?
When we error in a math lesson don't we often go back and rework the problem and then check our answers with people who know the correct answers?
Don't these people also write math textbooks and don't we trust them to know the best approaches for solving similar problems found in similar lessons?
Then why don't we trust people who have learned about love?
People who have researched and experienced love and have written essays, papers and books about what they have learned about love?
Could we be afraid that love lessons will somehow diminish the magical effect love has in our lives?
Is there a magic that take one and one and turn them into two?
Why must love be magical?
If mathematical formulas make like easier when working with numbers, then why wouldn't formulas for better relationships make life easier when learning about love?

Why are we afraid to learning about love?
M. Alibrando

Originally written - February 28, 1996