Again, maybe not necessarily a toe tapper, but hopefully will start you out with a positive frame of mind.
This reminded me of one of my favorite thoughts from CS Lewis.
“There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket – safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
CS Lewis puts it so well.
To love is to invite tragedy.
To not love is damnation.
What a great reminder to find love in our lives.
In our friendships, in our spouses, with our children. Even for strangers.
When events like what happened in Boston this week occur, we need to remind ourselves to love more. Only the power of love can conquer evil like that.
Make it a great day. One filled with love for your fellow human beings.
Jake
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