Inspirational thought!

[cynni]

"Love is about sacrafice, and I promise that the sacrafices that you make for another will not only be worth every tear that you shed, they will one day be made for you instead of by you."

By: Allison DuBois

Comments

[damanique]

I dunno... I don't think love is about sacrifice. It shouldn't be. Sacrifice implies that it's something negative - and that way you'll end up feeling frustrated and drained because you keep giving and giving

[cynni]

The way I see it is that it dont HAVE to be about sacrafice. However IF you need to sacrafice something, which can happen, that it will be worth it because you will get returned what you give out.

For instance: Mark made a sacrafice with moving to Nijmegen for me. He wouldnt have done that if he didnt believe he would get something back for it.

I think this qeuote makes it easier to see through bad times whne they come. Cause sometimes to make things work, you have to make sacrafices.

[kageki]

First of all I must say I love the series Medium ^^b

Continuing on the sacrifice discussion... From a Buddhist point of view, any 'charity' (giving, so also 'sacrifice') should be done from a place where you do not expect anything back. You give because you want to, not for some kind of profit.

"Love is about giving, and I promise that the gifts that you give another will not only be worth every tear that you shed, they will one day be given to you instead of by you."

I must admit, 'sacrifice' sounds a lot more dramatic. One would not cry over something you give voluntarily. ^^

[damanique]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant!! ^^

And if someone I love was crying because they had to sacrifice something for me, I would do everything in my power to stop that from happening. Making people cry for you is not a good sign!

[bluetoraneko]

To me, in short:

Love is selfless and Lust is selfish.

This is why people try to strike a balance of the two within a relationship. ^_^ If the balance isn't there, problems often develop eventually leading to a break down - I'm sure we all can think of examples from our own experiences (I know I fecking well can).

Golly, I rarely tell anyone that view of mine! Maybe I should say it more... >_>; or not, I dunno...

This is an interesting quote though. Definately thought provoking. :)