From Epilogue of "I Love You..Let's Work It Out"

Love means to care about the feelings of another as if they were your own.

If you do not love yourself, it is impossible for your love for another to be deep. If another person does not regard your feelings as important, then what is it he claims when he says he loves you?

Love is the acceptance that comes with knowing all of a person's fault and not rejecting the other for what you discover, but rather living in expectation of good. The great peace of love is that there are no surprises you can discover that will cause you not to love the other. The love that lasts is based on the partner's acceptance of themselves as they truly are.

Love is trust. You trust that good abider in you and that you are worthy of being loved. You trust that you are being treated directly and fairly and you trust that your partner feels the same way.

This is the rule of love, that love is open and love is free.

This is the rhyme of love, that love is answered and accommodated, that crowded schedules change and oppurtunities for togetherness are created out of pressure and chaos, that distance are bridged, absences endured and joining celebrated.

Love has priority. Love is first. Love is now. Love is best. Love is also next and last.

This is the rhythm of love. It is an inner motion seeking to dance among the stars.

The perspective of love is ever closer and larger, warmer and freer. It is open and giving, expanding and encompassing. It is a generosity of feeling because it recognizes the sameness of feeling between you. It is a passion among equals or it is nothing at all.

The dance of love is a quickening of heart, a belief in the impossible because it is suddenly real.

Love is honesty made possible.

Love is giving made acceptable.

Love helps the needy grow from envy to self-acceptance, from possessiveness to self-confidence, and from jealousy to trust in ourselves.