Why do we follow the Golden Rule? It is because of love. God loves, and so we, being made in the image of God, in attaining His likeness, love. There are stories of extravagant love in the lives of the saints. We explain why and how we read the lives of the saints, and then tell some of these stories of extravagant love, including events that have happened in our time. Some of the saints mentioned are St Paulinus, St Thomais of Lesvos, St Paisios of Mount Athos, and St. Irene Myrtidiotissa.