The 360 Degree Heart by Maja Dezulovic
A lighthearted but enlightening love story told through poetry and dialogues. If you’ve ever been in love, you will find something to relate to in the profound meanings which lie beneath the text.
The story is based on 360 degrees or a full circle. Love comes, love progresses, the fire burns out, love dies, new love begins and so the cycle begins again. It is an inevitable but enriching part of life. Relive the enchantment and find yourself encapsulated by the rhythm of each verse.
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About the author:
Above all, I love music, literature, film and travel. The world is full of so much that we can learn. I want to learn as much as possible and share what I can.
What inspired you to write your book?
The book was inspired by being in love, experiencing love through the eyes of others as well as learning from my own life’s journey. I found that it is a topic that most can relate to and learn from.
Here is a short sample from the book:
“On Love:
Love is unconditional. It exists no matter what. Like gravity, it is a constant. Regardless of whether you believe it, recognise it or understand it; it will still be there.
Love is a natural and free-flowing energy. It cannot be created nor destroyed. That is why it is very evident when it is transferred.
Nothing we have created (materially) is love. It is merely created either for or out of love. Hence, love is not a feeling. It is a tangible action that results from a feeling. That is how you recognise it.
Love is creativity. Mutual creativity in love and relationships creates happiness. Without creativity, love is stagnant and limited by other factors.
There is no true love versus only love. Unrequited love is also love. It does not depend on the condition of the love being supposedly returned. Likewise, although love may depend on other factors such as trust for its sustenance and maintenance, they are not conditions needed for love to exist. You may no longer trust someone, nor have them in your life any longer, but that does not mean that the love is depleted.
The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.
There can be no fear where there is love.
Love is having an energy that resonates with everything around you.
Love is all of us! It means that no matter what we are stuck on this blue planet together, come what may! That is the most outer circle of love and it gets deeper and deeper and deeper from there.
Love is in each of us and love is far greater than any one of us but it is all of us put together.”
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