I had a french professor who once said if you just did something like going to the supermarket and experienced it fully without the goggles of habit and catégories you would go crazy with pure sense and joy. I think about it all the time. In a way this is all for him.
Society’s obsession with romantic love is part of what fuels our modern culture of loneliness. A single person, no matter how beloved, cannot fulfil all our social and emotional needs. We need to rediscover the vital value of friendship and community.