These are questions I would like answers to, as well, but I think love was made not to be so easy.
We love for all sorts of reasons. Platonic, romantic, familial. If it were as easy as snuffing out a candle to turn that love away from ourselves and others, what would be the point of feeling it at all? God made love to endure, even when it’s difficult, and the rewards of loving and being loved are unspeakably precious.
I may be getting off track. You’re probably already annoyed, hearing my lecture.
My point is this. What you may find undesirable or weak might be the greatest strength another person has. “One man’s trash,” as they say!
In a world full of cruelty, where no one at all owes you their kindness, love is the only weapon normal people could hope to wield against such despair. You shouldn’t write it off so quickly, in yourself or in others—it may one day be all you have left.
( text, un: lavieenrose )
We love for all sorts of reasons. Platonic, romantic, familial. If it were as easy as snuffing out a candle to turn that love away from ourselves and others, what would be the point of feeling it at all? God made love to endure, even when it’s difficult, and the rewards of loving and being loved are unspeakably precious.
I may be getting off track. You’re probably already annoyed, hearing my lecture.
My point is this. What you may find undesirable or weak might be the greatest strength another person has. “One man’s trash,” as they say!
In a world full of cruelty, where no one at all owes you their kindness, love is the only weapon normal people could hope to wield against such despair. You shouldn’t write it off so quickly, in yourself or in others—it may one day be all you have left.
Yours,
Serge