Writer and aphorist Mignon McLaughlin had a gift for capturing deep truths in a few luminous words. Her insight about love reminds us that devotion is not luck alone, but a choice renewed again and again.

Love is a magical elixir that transforms and heals. Open your heart to its quiet light. Let every relationship and every corner of your life be filled with heart-felt affection.

“Unable are the Loved to die / For Love is Immortality,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson. Along with immortality, love vibrates with creativity and beauty.

“In order to create,” explained maestro Igor Stravinsky, “there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?”

Love can make you soar. As relationship expert Leo Buscaglia put it, “We are all angels with but one wing. We fly only when we embrace.”

The key to love?

Simple: show someone acceptance and appreciation. Love transforms. Love heals. All the good you offer returns to your heart.

Scientist and evangelist Henry Drummond said it well: “You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”

In the end, love is not a mystery reserved for the lucky. It is something we choose, nurture, and give freely each day.