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Love & The Process for Flourishing
“To flourish is to fully and completely Love oneself and others”.
- Theodore Gregory, 2024
Love is the framework and at the core of Youth Flourishing Network. Love for self and others guides our work and is grounded in the wisdom traditions of the world, across different cultures and times. The network seeks to promote the seven attributes of Love, i.e., presence, justice, beauty, perseverance, humility, creativity, and being.
The network intentionally pursues these attributes of Love through practicing Presence and Awareness, Courage and Vulnerability, Gratitude and Forgiveness, and Balance and Harmony.
Chaturvedi, A., & T., Gregory. (2022). Process for Flourishing. Presented at the Flourishing Network meeting hosted by the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard. November 29, 2022.
Love is Presence - it gives Justice to oneself and others.
Love is Beauty that shines with joy and gratitude - it is the essence of who we are.
Love Perseveres in the face of adversity - it Humbles us with its strength and courage.
Love gives wings to our Creativity - it is the reason for our Being
(Chaturvedi, 2024)
(Illustration by Maddie Underwood, 2025)