Presence When Absent: A Husband’s Gift

“The beloved is said to be in the lover… [even] in the absence of the beloved, because of the lover’s longing towards…the good he wills to the beloved with a love of friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas

One thing my marriage has taught me is that really ‘being-present’ to someone must be learned and practiced.

It would seem this should come naturally—given that it is at the very heart of human life.

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