Love

I had a recent heart-to-heart with Kat about the many faces of Love. What do you do when unfortunate circumstances are greater than your ability to love? Your loved one walks out of your life and you are asked to walk away from Love. Through no fault of your own, though love is still very much present and your heart still craves love's return, you tell yourself that Love has failed you.

I tried my best to offer words of comfort and a sense of rationale - that reason does not always dictate Love's actions. In a perfect world, Love would be everything good, pure and beautiful and nothing would threaten it or taint it. Love would only know to grow stronger and deeper in two people and not lower its eyes to tomorrow. But, such is the uncertainty of Love and Life as we know it.

I believe that Love finds us for a reason - that its intent is honest and altruistic. It asks for nothing in return but for you to let love in so that you can come to know it and perhaps love it too. I have learned that there are no guarantees, only hard work and an open heart. There is always the possibility that Love will leave you for a time, but when it finds you again, whether it be the beginning, middle or end of your greater journey, it finds you with an even greater sense of purpose.

(Originally posted Monday, February 2, 2004)

It's strange how certain lines get blurred - even the ones we think are black and white can often take on different shades of gray. The more we try to decipher things, the more abstract they get. I'm a firm believer that the answers we crave the most are found within us, but we work on a system of selectivity. We block out certain things we don't want to face or admit to because it would be easier to live in ignorance - in the reality we cling to. It would be easier to submit to what we feel in the moment, whether it's a moment of pain, pleasure or self-doubt. We seemingly prolong the inevitable because of complacency or indifference. We bide our time with fillers, distractions, hesitation and resistance. We stay in the dark because ultimately, the search is a part of the journey. But we constantly shift. We drift between fleeting and enduring clarity. We slowly peel away the layers until there is no denying what is there. We move past the grays....And thus begins the great reveal.

(Originally posted Sunday, October 1, 2006)