Book excerpt: This book is about the role and importance of true love to Excellence for All in school and in life. Love, true love, is the most powerful life giving and animating power we all need first and the most if we are to be willing and able to: *be open and receptive to both our external and internal learning worlds. *strive for the very knowledge and skills congruent to our innate talent. *use our knowledge and skills to awaken the positive side of the sleeping giant in us. *re-align what we have to do to what we love to do. *fight for a decent living out of our own inner calling. *live a decent living conductive to more meaning. *step outside our limiting and limiting self in order to be a blessing to someone else.