QUOTE : Love her,” he told the man.<br />“I told you, the feeling just isn’t there anymore,” the man replied.<br />“Love her,” Covey replied.<br />“You don’t understand. The feeling of love just isn’t there,” repeated the man.<br />“Then love her. If the feeling isn’t there, that’s a good reason to love her.”<br />“But how do you love when you do not love?” asked the man.<br />Covey replied: “My friend, love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are<br />you willing to do that?”<br /><br />Love is a feeling, yes, but a feeling that is created out of action. The fourth chakra sits<br />neatly above the third chakra will. Love is a daily, even hourly, conscious commitment to<br />behave in a loving and caring fashion toward ourselves and others. When the feeling fades, it is our responsibility to find ways to create a new love. Like a garden that is carefully tended, the rewards are well worth the effort.