“I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you even when you’re in a bad mood, or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you’re down, not just when you’re fun to be with. ‘I love you’ means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them, asking in return that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love you enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, and hoping you feel the same way for me”
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
It's not every day one scuttles around objectively in one's heart. Going at length attempting to explain how it is to live a curious four-letter word, and failing miserably. Then he goes to show you how it's done.
Which makes me think --
Ask: Do you really need to afflict the same cruelty you so suffered?
Decide: All the cards have been dealt. Except for one, its edges dull and worn from being kept in your back pocket for a long time.
Consider: How many things -- wondrous and amazing -- have you let go for something real and easy? It is not kindness that call for the need of walls or extended pauses.
Understand: You are not separate from the world.
Ruminate: Do you even remember the name you called out like a song in the beginning? How far from the chapter has she gone?
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