tagged me!
Here are “The rules:”
1. Grab the book closest to you, don’t choose
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of the next three sentences on the blog.
4. Name the book and the author.
5. Tag three people
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“Jealousy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It is mainly aroused in active, loving relationships with others. Often, the more we care, the greater the possibility of jealousy.”
This was from the book, “Loving Each Other,” by Leo Buscaglia, written in 1984.
Anyone that wants to be tagged by me…
be my guest!!! 
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Interestingly, Leo continues…
“Relationships generally begin in a mutual attraction. As this attraction grows, it often suggests possession. We segregate each other from the masses. We talk joyfully of my girlfriend, my boyfriend, my wife, my family, my baby, my co-workers. The closer we move to each other, the more we willingly assume responsibility for each other. We eagerly listen to one another’s history and observe each other’s pattern of behaviors. We meet the other’s friends and family. We share concerns, fears, decisions, patterns of action and responses. In other words, we assume a greater investment in each other as unique, separate individuals. We eagerly devise to move from an “I” and “me” to a new, more valued unit, which we see as “us” and “we.” We dedicate time and energy to those things which will further define and enhance that new unit. We revel in “our song,” “our restaurant,” “our shared experience,” our special names of endearment for each other. We strive to continually merge together as one. We share our beliefs, our opinions, our loyalties, our trust.
In attempting to accomplish these complex and subtle behaviors, without guaranteed security or permanence, we are always susceptible to the possibilities of jealousy.”
Philosopher Gilles Deleuze describes this process as an “assemblage.”
More later about assemblages.
