Love and Ambivalence
September 18th, 2007
What if it ends? What if I enjoy you more than you enjoy me? What if your delight in me is bogus? Or worse, what if it is mere manipulation to get from me what you want? What if I love you and then you die, divorce me, or turn against me? The risk is more than I can bear, and so I refuse to open my heart to another person who will arouse my desire and then might use me or dash me to the ground.
Such ambivalence is the enemy of love, [because love] is the capacity to offer ourselves to others.
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Exert from The Healing Path by Dan Allender, pg 29
(Art above created by my housemate, Blaine Hogan)
I might just have to read some Dan Allender…
YOU AND ME
My soul is breathing
For the adventures
Of my next me
For the chance
Of being understood
Let me see your mind
And I will open mine
For the full excitement
Of love YOU AND ME
My soul is breathing
For the adventures
Of my next me
For the chance
Of being understood
Let me see your mind
And I will open mine
For the full excitement
Of love
(poem written by Lucia Ludvigova)
[...] Ambivalence is the Enemy of Love While reading Love In the Key of Longbreak today I read the following great quote: [...]
I like the artwork.
Yet with Faith, love can be rewarding. Love is painful, but with faith it can erase all pain. Love never fails! Maybe that’s just my hermeneutic, too. In order to make love work, you have to take the leap!
i loooove the artwork and the style you wrote this
ok, let me go one more time, the style you choose topics for your blogs .. Dan Allender seems to know what I need to hear
be blessed, Josh
I hear you’re coming to Dublin. This is exciting to me. It’s a great place and like most great things, it’s worth sharing. Plus, it will be oh so nice to see familiar faces like yours and Laurie’s among all the new ones. Let me know if you or any of the group would have time or desire to see more of this place. (Hiking, historic what nots, and pubs…)
And I’ve been praying for your time in Seattle.
I might just have to read some Dan Allender, too. Thanks for the pointer, Josh!
[i like blaine's artwork]
those are some powerful and strong words.
If love is indeed in the key of longbrake what key would that be?
I think I may look up this Dan guy.
Yea…needed that. gracias
well said…
how can i get in touch with Blaine. I really like the picture. I am a mission developer preaching on Sunday with the topic “Love Changes People” and would like to ask permission to use the image.
lame
cool picture though