We need someone like Thich Nhat Hanh to bring us to our senses so we can realize that love is a simple matter. True love is not some prize you get if you’re one of the lucky ones singled out for a life of love and happiness. We never suspect that love is simple and that it’s available all the time. And in the quiet of our inner world, we fear most of all that we won’t. We think we must go out and look for it and we hope desperately to find it. We associate it with emotional declarations and idealizing the object of our love. Some of us have a totally warped idea of what true love is. On more than one occasion I have questioned myself on this very issue: What is love and have I ever really loved anyone in my life? His kind and gentle voice betrays a sharp intellect that speaks directly, but comfortingly, to the concerns of many people. I have found the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh to be such a place. Do you also think the world has become a crazy place? Do you also long for a soft landing, a reassuring place of comfort and safety?
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