Author Josh Kaufman, also of “the personal MBA” writes it takes 20 hours to acquire a new skill. He lists yoga poses, software programming, playing the ukele but what about love? Learning to love? Love at first sight? Proficient at love, a PhD?

We watched a young couple wed this weekend and discussed at great length what were the odds of them staying together. Having watched a documentary on marriage and diversity, my friend is a firm believer that arranged marriages are the way to go. Here lies complete, total, and utter blind faith in parents putting two together in high hopes of a happy union. Shared culture, similar values, does this increase the probability of long wedded bliss? The romantic in me argues sometimes all it takes is that spark which ignites hope, a glance that sets off a wildfire of romance – when everything aligns in a microsecond.

However, learning to love is a lifelong lesson in courage, kindness, and compassion. Like a tsunami, love swells, recedes, and implodes. Witness those in love, like our newlyweds. They’re riding the crest of love! Who are we to say you need to earn a PhD to love? “Love is all they need!”