Have you noticed that it is so easy for us to love children? Or pets? Have you noticed how unhappy our relationships are and how tempting it is to run away from them? And yet, we cannot live without them. We would like to have them and get rid of them at the same time.
It is easy to be a good man with strangers. It's hard to be a good person with those close to you. That's where resentments come from. That's where the difficulty comes in. Someone told me: It's easy to love the whole world, but the hardest part is loving one person. Because man is not born to be a slave, he is not born to meet your expectations. The same is true for you. The human being is freedom.
A person will constantly challenge you, will challenge your limits and will not meet your expectations. But don't run away from love! It's the only way you can grow! Love yourself and love! You are not born to be a slave, nor is the one next to you born for it. When you understand that by repressing your need to love you are only dying, depriving yourself of the life that burns inside you, you will open up again and again, taking your risks. The unhappiness comes from the fact that you want to be in control, you try to turn into a robot that has control so as not to suffer. You are so afraid to love that you think that is how you protect yourself. But suffering already exists in you, because you are dead! Love brings you both joy and sorrow, but you are ALIVE!
Oh, you're so alive! Have the courage to face the challenges! It is a wonderful thing to interact with another human being like you, to understand it and to understand yourself. Only love can elevate you to the highest peaks, only love can put you face to face with your impotence. Running away from it you will never know them! Next to the one next to you you can bloom and give him the same chance! Think for a moment: he is a human being like you, why so much criticism?
I hope these lines encourage you, because we are all so scared today to open up to love again.
