Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. - The Man in Black
Love is, too.
I don't know. Maybe that isn't true for everyone, but it has always been for me. I think that in the past this was largely because I was doing it wrong: I was too selfish, and my comparative approach caused pain that wasn't really necessary. But I find that even as I love in the ways that I am clearly - called? invited? ordained? privileged! blessed! - to love those around me, there is this exquisite, painful relinquishing of myself and my own will that I know is ultimately and infinitely better than self-protection could ever be.
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