Illness delivers both into a place of vulnerability, where care and healing unfold. In this context, love is not romantic love but rather what the ancient Greeks called agape. Agape involves caring for someone enough to help him or her be and become what he or she wishes. It is this form of loving that underpins the belief that patient care and well-being are the sacred responsibility of both the individual caregiver and the system in which care is provided. Love gives us vision.
Love is the expression of compassion and the protection of human dignity.
Love conquers hate. It promotes health and treats disease. Love provides shelter and food. Love frees those imprisoned in bias and ignorance. Love cherishes all the experiences of life.