{"id":1952,"date":"2026-02-11T07:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-sinclair.com\/editorialog\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:12:46","slug":"the-epistle-of-q-chapter-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-sinclair.com\/editorialog\/the-epistle-of-q-chapter-231\/","title":{"rendered":"The Epistle of Q — Chapter 231"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The question re-arises<\/em>
Many years ago, a close friend and colleague and I had a very intense and lengthy conversation on the subject: What Is Love and can we know when we are ensnared by it<\/em>? When the subject came up in another conversation with a different colleague a couple of summers ago, I couldn\u2019t link in my former friend as he had passed away. Recently the question has reappeared again, both on my computer screen in a news editorial and in conversations with colleagues, who like me are aging. And in the midst of it all I have seen two dramatically different movies that also challenge us to think about what love is and what love means: Song Sung Blue<\/strong> & Father Stu<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote some time ago about the need for each of us to tell others in our circles whom we care about that we do love them. Even more important, those very close should be told every time we depart \u2013 as we never know when it might be the last time we will see each other. And after reading some nostalgic pieces like those written by Bob Chartier<\/strong> and then the recent book on Canadian Prime Ministers<\/em> by J. Stewart<\/strong>, I realize that there are many aspects of emotion and feelings about which I really am rather bereft. So while skiing earlier this winter (we have been without new snow for five weeks now), I began to use the downward portion of the process to reflect on how we might come to know (or at least better understand) this notion of love (& the corollary being in love).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps being an introvert<\/em> provides its own handicap in that one often isn\u2019t in a setting where the other says anything about feelings of love. Couple that to the condition of ADHD<\/em>, and it seems highly dubious that I would get any lingering remembrances of hearing that I am in love. As I reflect back over my life-time I wonder if I ever told others very often that I loved them and if not then did I really know what being in love was all about? I know that often I thought I was in love; but in retrospect, when the relationship (or just the person themselves) went away, it seemed very easy to move on or at least forget about the individual. Of the few men that I ever felt close to (willing to share key secrets) all but perhaps three have either died to shifted into a remote & forgotten place. As for women, the question is even more obtuse \u2013 my sister & my partner tell me that I am loved (& in the case of my sister, I know I love her in part because of her thirty year period of watching over our mother \u2013 but that love is more entwined with deep gratitude and appreciation and she has been much more than that to\/for me since we were young). I am not sure why my partner loves me \u2013 partly because I am still not completely sure I am a lovable person, and partly because I\u2019m not positive I know what reciprocal love is. There are females who I care about but I wonder if that fully classifies as love (except in the case of my daughter & grand-daughter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is distance a deterrent? Does age disrupt? In other words, does the person have to be close to create that scenario known as love? Is it important that the individual is at least within the age bracket that ensures concomitant appreciation for the world as it is? Some suggest that love is not something that can be analyzed. One should just accept it when it comes along \u2013 yet, how can one know? Maybe it can be sensed; if it is not mutual then the other will quickly say so out loud<\/em>. Questions, questions, questions…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great Valentine\u2019s Day 2026. A wondrous moment indeed. Enjoy it to your fullest!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reflection & know you’re loved,
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