This kind of love was deeper than the feel-goods I got being around the children, hearing their laughter, seeing how they cared for one another and for themselves. This kind of love comes from the depth of our soul — not from our ego — and it knows no bounds. It’s the kind of love that Ancient Greeks, along with Christian theologians including Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called agape, meaning the highest form of love: selfless, unconditional, “the love of God operating in the human heart.”

