Thought of the day

About one hundred years ago, in his novel "Hell" (which is about love and love relations, and has nothing to do with war, unlike his masterpiece, "Fire") French writer Henri Barbusse wrote that if he was "troubled by his contact with love, it was not because of an instinct [i.e., sex] but because of a great idea."

Ah, this is novel... a reminder of the greater layer or depth behind or under the obvious, superficial, instantaneous, first-response level. A "Great Idea" indeed... because great love, great communication, great sex... without any greater idea behind it, ain't nuttin', period.

You can flunk sex and still have great love. But if you want great sex, and if you want to have great love, you have to have the great idea behind it.

That was the thought of the day.