Love is not something you are given

[marc]

Love is not something you are given as a whole. It is something that 
calls for interpretations, selections, reactions, response and 
responsibility. When you take your responsibility as a lover, you are 
not simply subjected to its heritage, you are not called to simply 
conserve or keep this love intact. You have to make it live and survive, 
and that is a process - a selective and interpretive process.

marc