
According to Fromm, we can only build a true and meaningful connection if we “experience each other from the center of our own existence.” He says that the love we can then experience is alive, a constant challenge, not a place of rest and stillness. It requires us to move, to grow and to work together — regardless of if there is harmony or conflict, joy or sadness.
This gives us the courage and trust needed to be open about conflicts and seeming differences. So w…