Love
Love is not easy. It requires our greatest strength. Sometimes loving ourselves is the hardest struggle we will ever face in a lifetime.
It's another great example of easy vs. simple. Love is simple; it just IS, in the same way the sky is blue and made of gases and whatnot. Except it's more than that, because the sky being blue is a fact: love is a Truth. But loving can be so hard. How do you love all the jackasses in the world? How do you love that fucker that said something really mean, and you don't even know them? How do you love yourself when you've hurt others? How do you love yourself when you've failed?
But sometimes you have to remind yourself that you don't have to like yourself or anyone else, in that moment of total assholery. It's okay to hate them for being mean. It's okay to be disappointed in yourself. That doesn't take away from the fact that you still Love, because Love is overall. Just because you have an argument with a loved one doesn't mean you have stopped loving them. The argument is the moment; the love is ongoing. Love is encompassing so it includes all the hate and bad times. Love is inclusive; hate (or fear) is exclusive.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, but it's a start, especially since I kinda just wanted to phone it in today. ;p
It's another great example of easy vs. simple. Love is simple; it just IS, in the same way the sky is blue and made of gases and whatnot. Except it's more than that, because the sky being blue is a fact: love is a Truth. But loving can be so hard. How do you love all the jackasses in the world? How do you love that fucker that said something really mean, and you don't even know them? How do you love yourself when you've hurt others? How do you love yourself when you've failed?
But sometimes you have to remind yourself that you don't have to like yourself or anyone else, in that moment of total assholery. It's okay to hate them for being mean. It's okay to be disappointed in yourself. That doesn't take away from the fact that you still Love, because Love is overall. Just because you have an argument with a loved one doesn't mean you have stopped loving them. The argument is the moment; the love is ongoing. Love is encompassing so it includes all the hate and bad times. Love is inclusive; hate (or fear) is exclusive.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, but it's a start, especially since I kinda just wanted to phone it in today. ;p