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vulnerable
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And in love
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Love
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It's a word
we matrimonial lawyers avoid
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Funny, isn't it? We're frightened of
this emotion, which is, in a sense,
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the seed of our livelihood
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Well, today Miles Massey
is here to tell you
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that love need
cause us no fear
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Love need cause us no shame
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Love is
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good
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Love is good
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I am, of course, aware that these remarks
will be received here with cynicism
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Cynicism, that cloak
that advertises our indifference
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and hides all human feeling
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Well, I'm here to tell you that that cynicism
which we think protects us
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in fact destroys
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Destroys love,
destroys our clients,
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and, ultimately,
destroys ourselves
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Colleagues, when our clients come to us
confused and angry and hurting
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because their flame of love
is guttering and threatens to die,
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do we seek to extinguish that flame
so that we can sift
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through the smoldering wreckage
for our paltry reward,
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or do we fan
this precious flame,
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this most precious flame,
back into loving, roaring life?
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Do we counsel fear or trust?
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Do we seek to destroy or build?
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Do we meet our clients'problems
with cynicism