Gentleness

He suggests that focusing on wants creates an endless cycle, but by releasing and gently inviting, we can attain our goals.

[4] Another historical context for gentleness emerged in medieval times, associated with higher social classes.

Over time, the concept of gentle behavior evolved from the literal gentry to the metaphorical "like a gentleman," applicable to anyone.

[5] For certain he hath seen all perfectness.Who among other ladies hath seen mine:They that go with her humbly should combineTo thank their God for such peculiar grace.So perfect is the beauty of her faceThat it begets in no wise any sigh Of envy, but draws round her a clear lineOf love, and blessed faith, and gentleness.Merely the sight of her makes all things bow:Not she herself alone is holierThan all: but hers, through her, are raised above.From all her acts such lovely graces flowThat truly one may never think of herWithout a passion of exceeding love.Philosopher and psychoanalyst Anne Dufourmantelle wrote in her book, Power of Gentleness, that gentleness is, above all other things, a force of potentiality.

It is taken up in the double movement of welcoming and giving, it appears on the threshold of passages signed off by birth and death.