Sorry for the delay. Lately I’ve become enamored of a certain particularly lovely girl, and I really thought it would go somewhere. This afternoon, however, she told me that she’s starting to date someone else. Watching your heart drop to the floor and shatter isn’t a fun experience. I feel like I’ve had the wind knocked out of me. It’s hard to find energy to do anything, really. So I’m going to bed early. ~sigh~ Hopefully I’ll feel better soon and start posting regularly again.
In spite of being crushed, the C.S. Lewis quote I mentioned on Bookland the other day has still been going through my head: “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.” Even though heartbreak hurts, I’d rather take the chance. It’d be far worse to close my heart off and never love at all.
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Oh dear; I’m sorry, Ben. You’re right, however, in pointing out the vulnerability inherent in the act of loving, yet it is in that vulnerability that we find our greatest fulfillment, and, paradoxically (at least at first glance), strength. Good luck–you can borrow my medieval Latin reader if it will cheer you.
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