After several months of this âlove therapyâ he left the self-imposed confinement of his room and went outside, on his way to recovery.
âIt is essential that the infant human being feel love. If the young child has not experienced an abundance of love in its early years, that child will probably be on very shaky psychological footing for the rest of its life. The adult needs this input also; the feeling that someone really cares for us and will help us to develop more fully may well be our greatest need. There is strong evidence that the ability to love is the most noble and the most essential of people's emotions and abilities. The evidence keeps accumulating reinforcing Fromm's belief that âLove is the only satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.â After you die it wonât matter to the world how rich you were, but the world will be better if you really loved a child. This is why the ability to love is the cornerstone of our marriage licensing requirements.
âPOWER OVERâ TO LOVINGâTHE CONTINUUM
âThere is a continuum from the more brutal types of âpower overâ to more civil actions that clearly indicate the need to have some âpower overâ another person. Next on the continuum is the ability to have the âpower toâ --which implies that a person does not need to be superior to others to feel accomplished because he is successful in some important areas.. Then the most psychologically mature is the ability to love--where one helps others and feels good is a result.
âA comprehensive education in a wise society, with effective parenting, can help people to become more civilized which will result in more people developing the educational and psychological abilities to have âpower toâ and eventually to become lovers, in the broadest and most humanitarian sense.
As former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said, 'we are all born for love. . . it is the principle of existence and its only end.â
âWith these ideas in mind, our parents and educators, and eventually our youth, can understand the potential evolution of our psychological maturity. We all know that infants want some power over their parents. They want to be fed when they are hungry and changed when they are wet. They want to be hugged. As they
âIt is essential that the infant human being feel love. If the young child has not experienced an abundance of love in its early years, that child will probably be on very shaky psychological footing for the rest of its life. The adult needs this input also; the feeling that someone really cares for us and will help us to develop more fully may well be our greatest need. There is strong evidence that the ability to love is the most noble and the most essential of people's emotions and abilities. The evidence keeps accumulating reinforcing Fromm's belief that âLove is the only satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.â After you die it wonât matter to the world how rich you were, but the world will be better if you really loved a child. This is why the ability to love is the cornerstone of our marriage licensing requirements.
âPOWER OVERâ TO LOVINGâTHE CONTINUUM
âThere is a continuum from the more brutal types of âpower overâ to more civil actions that clearly indicate the need to have some âpower overâ another person. Next on the continuum is the ability to have the âpower toâ --which implies that a person does not need to be superior to others to feel accomplished because he is successful in some important areas.. Then the most psychologically mature is the ability to love--where one helps others and feels good is a result.
âA comprehensive education in a wise society, with effective parenting, can help people to become more civilized which will result in more people developing the educational and psychological abilities to have âpower toâ and eventually to become lovers, in the broadest and most humanitarian sense.
As former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said, 'we are all born for love. . . it is the principle of existence and its only end.â
âWith these ideas in mind, our parents and educators, and eventually our youth, can understand the potential evolution of our psychological maturity. We all know that infants want some power over their parents. They want to be fed when they are hungry and changed when they are wet. They want to be hugged. As they