The paradox of love

"Michael Jackson died a lonely man," Loong commented on the ferry. "It's one of the most frightening things in life isn't it? To be lonely."

All of us experience at some time or another a feeling of loneliness. We go out and find others who will love us. We may do things for them in an attempt to gain their love. We want to feel loved.

We must face the fact that to be loved, we must become lovable. When a person orients his life towards the satisfaction of his own needs, he is self-centred. He is not lovable.

Loving others is when the focus of our minds and the object of our desire is the other person, when all our activity results from concern for the other person and not from concern for ourselves.

The beast - broke the curse when he stopped caring for himself and cared for Beauty instead