If you're familiar with Simone Weil (and I wasn't til last week) then she is most definitely worth a look. Although I disagree with a lot of her theological directions (as an atheistic type, I'm not keen on needing to have spiritual nourishment of a particular sort to necessarily be kept away from base desires, but I will elucidate another time).
I do however feel profoundly strongly over a lot of what she says about the human condition, or human nature, I'll be discussing it on Monday with some friends so hopefully can settle on the correct phrase for it. What we are and how we feel.
This is something she said about love, and I find it terrifyingly true of how I feel when I love someone:
"Love on the part of someone who is unhappy is to be filled with joy by the mere knowledge that his beloved is happy without sharing in this happiness or even wishing to do so."
The ability to feel happy when knowing that those you love are happy... I think that's one of the most important things in life.
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