To Rise In Love
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Bible – Song of Solomon
It has been a week full of heart aches and heart breaks here in Jakarta. Anger, tears, disappointment, frustration and confusion have filled the air. I’m not sure if it’s because of this uncanny scorching heat, the unexpected hypnotizing full moon and the descent of 9-9-9 that make people do crazy things.
As I witness people I love experiencing pain, I too feel the heaviness in their hearts. Hearts that said to have been broken again and again because of love. Only the people that we truly love that can break our hearts, right?
Is this what love is?
Is love merely an opportunity to have our hearts being broken?
Is love supposed to cause such pain?
Why then, would you fall in love?
As I learn to grow in life – from heart breaks, family fights and friendships – I begin to see love in a new light. Here is what I learned… Read the rest of this entry »
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