October 19, 2006
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FIVE KEYS TO A FULL LIFE
1. Learning to love completely is everything.
2. Real growth comes when you focus on the process instead of the results.
3. True love is not just a triggered emotional response; it’s a release of God’s character.
4. The truest, deepest kind of love is activated through suffering and surrender.
5. Remember/believe that love never fails.Discussion?
Comments (8)
i am way, wayyyyy too cynical to believe 1, 4, or 5 today; 2 possibly, and i’ve never heard 3 before. interesting.
for #5, i used to think so. but now, i’m not so sure anymore.
I must say this is indeed a positive outlook on life. #1 does seem to ring quite true though. Without love, the world is nothing. #2 also quite true. As for #5, I would have to wonder at the specific definition of “fail” in this context.
Love doesn’t fail- it changes. There is no end to love.
BlackCat has it: Love changes. How we accept those changes and alter our expectations as a result determines what happens next.
Wow those are some things I needed to read….thanks.
I like this list. Definitely what I needed to read as well. Thank you!
Thanks for the comments. I think genuine love always produces good fruit, even though the fruit may not be the specific result we hope for or expect. Maybe “fails” isn’t the best word, but the idea for me is that true love is never wasted, regardless of the outcome. Even when I have not gotten the results I wanted–such as recently–I have always grown a lot when I have been able to truly love. Also, I think most of us give up too soon on love–or mistake a cheap imposter of love for the real thing–though cases of infedility and abuse warrant different evaluations. I’m a hopeless romantic, and my goal is to leave everyone I love a little better off than when we met, regardless of how things play out.