Recipe for love, a book to embrace love among humanity
Recipe for love is a must read book in today’s era where people no longer believe in love.
The author of this book, Ursula K Le Guin summarizes in their blurb that, ‘Love doesn’t sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread; remade everyday, made new’.The book therefore comes as a solution and a recipe of love just as it’s title suggests. Guin has compiled this read in the sense that it shows that love should be celebrated everyday in order for people to have healthy relationships and families.The book is interesting in the sense that while it teaches both men and women how to treat their partners, what to do when they are wrong and how to embrace one another as well as be good communicators, it also touch bases on financial issues too.With the perception that, some people are demanding or materialistic as social media has come to present things, this book could change the narrative for those who still believe in love.
Another interesting line from this book reads ‘Heal, Don’t hurt’.This explains that,“You can destroy your own relationship, without even realizing it. One of the deadliest killers of a relationship is the competitive urge. People in competitive relationships are always looking for an advantage, the upper hand. Remember love is not a game that you are trying to win. Also don’t keep quiet about things that upset you.That is a sure way to let small issues grow into big problems” she shared.
She also emphasized that a healthy relationship is not about the other party dominating the other, but working as a team and respect one another equally. From the many reported cases on GBV in Botswana and Africa or elsewhere in the world, men often confuse respect with oppression unaware.They believe that men should be the powerful ones and receive the utmost respect, while some don’t even do so to their partners.This read antagonizes that, and calls on both parties to do better without the other dominating and demanding what they cannot offer.
She also writes to say;“There is a thin line between companionship and support and dependency. If you cannot live without you have crossed that line. If you expect your partner to bring everything while you bring nothing to your relationship,finances as well as emotional support then you are in trouble”. She emphasizes that dependency is not good through this statement.
This special book also has some food recipes to guide people and help them prepare good food too, because food is always part of life.There are different cooking recipes that come after summary of different topics in the book. It was published by I-Love-Quotes in 2012