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True love is not the helpless desire
to possess the cherished object of
one's fervent affection;

True love is the disciplined generosity
we require of ourselves for the sake of another
when we would rather be selfish

- The Emperor of Ocean Park

"I should try telling my friends who have a hard time comprehending why I like to spend so much time going to church with Benedictines that I do so for the same reasons that I write: to let words work the earth of my heart. To sing, to read poetry aloud, and to have the poetry and the wild stories of scripture read to me. To respond with others, ( Read more... )