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There Is Only Love

I absolutely love listening to Oprah's weekly podcast called "Super Soul." I usually listen to it while I am at work or while I am getting ready in the morning. It is so inspirational, and she interviews the most interesting people! I was recently listening to her episode featuring Maya Angelou who is a civil rights activist and author of the famous book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  My favorite thing that Angelou said was that "there is only love." If you really ponder about it, as I have, it becomes a very profound statement. Love really is the thing that we all seek deep down on the inside, and I am not talking about romantic love. In the Greek language, there are four kinds of love: Eros (romantic love), Philia (love in a friendship), Storge (familial love), and Agape (selfless or Christlike love). Each one of us needs a little bit of each of the "four loves" to feel completely cherished. It is so important to unselfishly give people each k