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The Power of Love

Love is one of life's greatest mysteries It is the driving force which shapes man's destiny It is the very foundation upon which life itself is built Love leads life follows Love is a way of life One cannot detach oneself from Love to make a decision for Love is life itself Throughout the ages the power of Love has gripped the hearts of men - mighty men who feared nothing and made them powerless to resist its spell Kingdoms rose and fell Armies laid others waste and were laid waste by others Men died in agony at the command of a Love-infected leader Paris and Helen of Troy in the Trojan war Samson and Delilah in the battle with the Philistines Anthony and Cleopatra in the Roman Civil War Love is a potent force that sometimes makes fools of Earth's mighty men of valour And yet this same Love has been an instrument of good with which nothing can compare There are many kinds of love - a man for his God a man for his woman a friend for his friend a person for his kin a man for his dog - these and many more Though the particular cases differ the effect of Love is the same - that feeling which inspires and drives men to achieve things they once believed impossible Many a knight fought great odds and won for his lady Many a man leaves his comfortable niche in society and goes out to endure the hardship and pain of the less fortunate as he gives of himself unselfishly to improve their state because of his love for his God, duty and ideals History is filled with leaders who tried to build and maintain an empire with the might of brute force and failed - Charlemagne Alexander The Great Julius Caesar Napoleon Bonaparte Adolph Hitler And yet a humble carpenter of Nazareth who shunned brute force and violence built an empire on Love two thousand years ago and today it covers the face of the earth

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