Greetings Dear Reader,
Courage is defined as the ability to do something that
frightens one or to have strength in the face of pain or grief. When faced with fear, pain, grief, or any
combination thereof we make choices. The
same is true of choosing to love others.
We have been hurt, sometimes so deeply it feels debilitating. We feel the pain of loss or abandonment. We remember what it cost us to love and how
much it hurt to have that love betrayed.
The pain of loss and grief can stay with us our entire lives. I know that there are losses that I have not
entirely gotten past.
No matter the source of the loss or pain connected to love,
it takes courage to love. There is risk
of the pain or sorrow repeating. We are
in danger when we love so it takes courage. We must make a conscious choice to
face the danger; to take the risk.
The risk to love is always worth it. I speak as someone who has been deeply
hurt. I have been abandoned and
betrayed. I have had my honest attempts
to be loving to others trampled on by anger and malice. No hurt is too deep to not try again. No pain is too intense to risk not risking
love.
We must choose to “screw our courage to the sticking place.” We must make the conscious choice to love
others no matter how much it hurts. I
must do this with everyone. Anything I
say or do that is not motivated by my love for others is just empty action and
useless noise.
I must think and act with intent. I must choose to love in thought and action
always. It is in this that I perfect my
motives and strengthen my courage. I
will still get hurt. I will still face
rejection and betrayal. I will also
reap the great benefits found in loving others whatever the cost.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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