Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise--then you will discover the fullness of your life.
-Brother David Steindl-Rast
I saw this quote today when I opened my AOL homepage.
I thought to myself....ok.
It's good advice.
Love wholeheartedly.
But it's not what I'd call "happy advice."
Loving wholeheartedly is not the road to happiness.
It is the road to pain and heartbreak.
Many of the people I have loved "wholeheartedly" have been busy
getting sick, dying, taking new jobs, or moving far away.
One of them has done that very thing in the last week.
Loving wholeheartedly has broken my heart.
Doesn't seem right.
But that's the way it is.
1 comment:
All of what you say is true, but it would be an awful mistake to forget that some of the people you love have not fallen sick, died, taken new jobs or gone away. These things will happen of course, anyway, whether or not you happen to love them. In the end, it is better to have loved and been hurt than to have hated and been despised.
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