Letting GO … ( 11 / 03 / 2011 )
Letting GO … ( 11 / 03 / 2011 )
“ I try … I fail . I try again … I fail again . I try harder … I fail even worse . I am determined to see Love “ win ”, so I try again … I fail spectacularly . I let go of all my desires … I simply Love for Love ’ s sake … … & I succeed .” ~ inspired by Samuel Beckett
I have been trying so hard to “ Love correctly ” lately . I have been striving so hard to “ do it right ” and “ make a difference ” and “ be good enough ”. Over & over I have tried — and over & over I have failed .
And yet I realize today that it was not me who failed . It was not my “ wrong actions ” that led to disaster . Rather , it was my striving that ensured my defeat . I was failing because I wasn ’ t actually Loving at all . Indeed , it is impossible for us to truly Love another while laboring for a particular outcome that we deem to be “ better ” or “ best ” for them .
In the end , our task is not to have Love blossom a certain way or even to help another to understand Love as we know it . Our calling — nay our privilege — is simply to Care , without any hope or agenda at all .
It is our privilege , quite simply , to simply Love .
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