I’m almost finished reading Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning. Here’ s a quote from the book I want to share:

"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized…By making [the beloved person] aware of what he can be and of what he should become, [the loving person] makes these potentialities come true."

This description of love struck me as what a good coach does for her client, what partners do for each other and what parents do for their children.

For a long time, I have known that I’m able to see the divine in others and call it out. What is remarkable is that we all have the ability to do this, what Rachel Naomi Remen would say is to see the seeds of wholeness in everyone. It is a matter of slowing down and noticing, with a generous heart.

I have to laugh inside because every once in awhile, someone tells me that what I write about would fit in nicely in a church sermon. Having grown up with no exposure to formal religion, I think of myself as outside the scope of religion. Yet books that draw my interest at the library can be found in the religion section. And now I catch myself talking about the divine. Perhaps what we all talk about from the heart is one and the same.