tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115952610222881184.post3944325954229185229..comments2011-04-25T12:18:41.388-07:00Comments on pieter van waarde: What I would rather not admit….Pieter Van Waardehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16408643673562945457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115952610222881184.post-78492076016856633342011-03-11T14:49:41.919-08:002011-03-11T14:49:41.919-08:00This post has made me think. :) As humans we do ha...This post has made me think. :) As humans we do have limited time. While we might have intentions to love all, and we should question our motives periodically, we can't share love with everyone. We choose those who choose us because it is practical. I think it's when our time becomes repetitive that we take things/people for granted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291502936486379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115952610222881184.post-90595850817983254172011-03-09T18:25:26.309-08:002011-03-09T18:25:26.309-08:00Just want you to know this has me thinking. I love...Just want you to know this has me thinking. I love the question Why do I love? The question Is the way/reason I love connected to my expectations? is definitely a tougher one for me.<br /><br />My initial thoughts about reasons for loving are this: I choose to love in pretty much every relationship at one point or another. I don't have to choose because the other person is lacking in the given moment but because I feel less lovable and deserving of love. So the unspoken expectation there is that if I love, I will be loved in return. <br /><br />The one relationship in which I have yet to be called on to make that choice is with Sophia. That's not to say that I don't have to choose patience or kindness, but to not love her is not a possibility in my being at this point. Maybe it's also because my love for her is, at least at this point in her life, untainted by her feelings for me. This is unspeakably encouraging to me as it relates to my relationship with God. I hope it's an indication of a choice that He never has to make.<br /><br />Just wanted you to know you've provoked some reflection... Thanks for the candor, Piet.LaurieJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138621305422896251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115952610222881184.post-28992504211945148312011-03-09T17:07:44.388-08:002011-03-09T17:07:44.388-08:00This is very helpful, Piet!This is very helpful, Piet!EEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025777317455781050noreply@blogger.com