(…) in learning to love others, we release the inner joy of being, the joy of being that radiates outwards through us, through our relationships, touching others through our relationships. That is why communities and families and marriages don’t exist only for the perfection of the people in those immediate relationships. They exist also to radiate outwards the love of the family, the love of the parents, the love of the members of the community, beyond themselves; radiating that joy, that simplicity of love outwards beyond themselves, to touch all those who come into contact with it.
( Aspects of Love 2 by Laurence Freeman OSB )
