Love’s Dynamic is a book in progress that is being written as a catalyst to get people the world over to start thinking and talking about love. It is based on more than 20 years of study, observation and experience on what love is and the impact it can have on individual lives when used with purpose. It is written without reference to any doctrine, religion or creed because love crosses all boundaries.
The purpose of publishing the book online one chapter at a time is to get people like you to start thinking and talking about love and the meaning it has in your life. To this end you are invited to share your thoughts, suggestions or comments as the book progresses.
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Book Introduction
Love has the greatest, single impact on the life of every human being. It is a force so great that its’ presence or absence affects each of us every day, even when we’re not aware of it. A basic truth, backed by research, is that human beings suffer without love and flourish with it. And yet the dynamics of love as a subject to understand and use is not taught in our public schools or discussed at the dinner table with our children. Nor is it included in business ethics or as a means of superior management in the work place.
The very thought of discussing love as a subject will make most people squirm with embarrassment. Somehow we have come to see love as being something private; something not open for discussion. For some, even saying the words, ”I love you” to their mate or their child is difficult to the point of impossible. By contrast, sex, once considered private and not open for public discussion, is talked about and bandied about in every possible medium.
You need only to look at what is selling on the bookshelves and in the theatres to know that hate and violence, under the guise of adventure and mystery and horror, is the product of choice for the majority. We call it entertainment. Movies and books that promote love and what love does as a theme are considered mushy or ‘chick flicks’. There is something fundamentally wrong with this picture and it needs to change if we are to move forward as a race.
The concepts presented are not intended to be a magic pill to attain perfection. Rather, understanding the dynamics of love provides the foundation on which to base a lifestyle choice much the same as choosing to exercise and eat well for optimum health. In fact, the practice of love is closely aligned with such a choice in that it is rational, based on hard fact and requires conscious effort.
The words written on these pages are children born of my perceptions, experiences, beliefs and attitudes. The words can only act as a guide because you, who are as individual as the toes on your feet, will read the words through a filter of your own perceptions, experiences, beliefs and attitudes. What I can and do hope is that the words will form a picture in your mind of expanded possibilities for your own life and ultimately for the benefit of the world.
Norah LeClare
2007
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