More Good Days - Love

Simply, I think we need more love in the world. So, in this episode I decided to explore love. Two questions you can ask yourself are “What do I love”?” and “Who do I love?” Both those questions raise particular issues, but the answers to them will shed a light on your personal experience of love and loving.

I read a little from Mary Oliver’s poem, “On the Beach”, a Raymond Carver one, “Last Fragment”, and a little from Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese”.

I also quote both the Buddhist monk, Thich Naht Hahn and the Irish poet, John O’Donohue.

I refer to a previous episode of this podcast where I explained how we use our two, different, cerebral hemispheres.

I also made a Spotify playlist of favourite songs about love, and I got carried away, so instead of the usual 30 minute playlist, this one is about an hour’s worth. Anyway, these are songs I love and maybe you will do. But, whatever you think of them, I hope you use this as an inspiration to create your own playlist of songs about love.

I start and finish the playlist with versions of Peter Gabriel’s “Love Can Heal” and there is a superb animated video of his song on youtube. Here’s the link -

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Bob Leckridge

Doctor, photographer, writer. Born, bred and worked in Scotland. Retired to rural France. A lifetime of helping people to heal and grow, one day at a time, through understanding, wonder, inspiration and love.

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