Chris Mastropietro has written a beautiful essay that I highly recommend: https://medium.com/@CJMastropietro/love-in-the-time-of-covid-4f9f69bce94e

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This content was posted on 13 Apr 22 by John Vervaeke on Facebook Page

Chris Mastropietro has written a beautiful essay that I highly recommend:

https://medium.com/@CJMastropietro/love-in-the-time-of-covid-4f9f69bce94e

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