Tuesdays With Morrie - Love

I think that as Americans we have been taught to be self-reliant and to not have to lean on anyone else for it shows weakness. This is why we are afraid to fall in love. It has been beaten into our heads since birth that while going through life we learn to become more and more independent. Even as teenagers we all remember feeling independent once we attained the plastic card telling us we could finally drive all on our own! Even in history we refer the Revolutionary War, we say we were asserting our independence as a country. We overcome this fear for the soul reason that there is social pressure to marry and find someone to spend your life with. This is what Morrie refers to "romantic love". It is still love, but once the spark is gone, its gone. And at that point people are together becuase thats all they know. Morrie then talks about "true love". The difference in these being is that "true love" doesn't need that spark, and its never ending. It cannot be terminated by separation physically or death. It is there no matter what.