The Paradox of True Love and Selflessness

The Alchemy of true love
Is:

Allowing another
To write their story inside our hearts
So that we can read it there
Again,
As if it were our own.

The Alchemy of true Selflessness
Is:

To write the story in our hearts
Inside the heart of the world
So that we can read it there
For the first time,
As if it were not ours. (AK)

Painting by Christian Schloe