Thomas Merton wrote than you can’t have a life without faith. True enough. I think you can’t have a meaningful life without love also. I remember telling myself I needed to find love. From a partner. From a friend. From a daughter. From a dog. From anyplace you can get it.

Fear, like misery and pain, is something we will also experience, but love affirms love and balances it, in my mind. Find love wherever you can.