The Limits Of Love / Book / Walter Riso

Softcover / 176 Pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Who said that to love you had to nullify yourself and set aside your life plans? To love, you must not renounce yourself; that is the maxim." Walter Riso. In a culture where unlimited loving devotion has been overvalued, life as a couple has become the primary form of self-realization. An exaggerated sentimentality has led to the ignoring of the personal sacrifice that such self-denial entails. However, love does not justify everything. There is another way of understanding love: to love without destroying ourselves, to flee from absolutist idealization; one can love without anxiety and without negotiating the vital principles that determine us. A mature love is one that integrates love for the other with self-love without conflict of interest.