This quote by C.S. Lewis has been on my mind a lot recently and I wrote it down here in a draft this morning, but didn't know what to say to accompany it.
A few moments ago this quote became more relevant and true to me than I could say if I wanted to.
And so... I'll just leave it to speak for me.
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 of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell. -C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
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my favorite line is "The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation." ...we create our own personal hells in our efforts to self protect and shut down.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!