Love is the Reward

Mark Nepo in his book "The Book of Awakening" explains how closely linked, if not one, the reward it is to the effort. In being human we are looking for reward, for whatever we do. But, life doesn't always seem to work that way. Nepo says, "The reward for loving is being the carrier of love." (page 16)

It is not in loving that we look for reward, or even reciprocation.

Loving alone is enough. It is the reward.