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14/02/2025
Our Editor-In-Chief penned down a beautiful article in Celebration of this day, and the month of love, the article is featured in one of Atlanta's Top Magazine - The Journey 2 "I Do"...
*“Intentional Love”*
By: Moleboheng Matli, MBL
Entrepreneur | Diplomat| Philanthropist
Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
As this month of February comes upon us year in year out, most people get the rush and need for connections, acknowledgement and companionship. Is it the idea of love or the culture of “Valentines Day” that magnifies love around us or the lack thereof?
Well, love is a gift and a need for all of the human race as defines who we are. Being loved and giving love is almost as natural as breathing yet this “double edged sword” pierces so deep. The depth of the pierce can either make you or break you, cultivate you or destroy you but above all, love is a choice…
Each day we choose to share love with family, friends, colleagues, associates and interestingly enough, even strangers. I guess it is the type of love that’s shared and exchanged that matters.
In the words of the late Dr. Myles Munroe, “where purpose is unknown abuse is inevitable”. Should love have purpose and if so who determines the purpose ? The love of a parent to a child is assumed to be purpose driven just as the love of a man to a woman is also assumed to be purposed.
But undefined purpose of love is relative because our definition of love is different and so is our language of love. Not every parent believes punishment to their child is love yet another would centre their love for their child on punishment as a form of character building. Not every man in love with a woman believes marriage is the ultimate final destination for true happiness and yet another holds marriage as the highest form of love expression and commitment!....
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