love, parents, authenticity, sacrifice

Something i needed to jot down in the middle of the night on my iPhone

Two things, it's easy to love someone who is easy to love, easy to respect. But God calls us to love those who are aren't.

Second, I, like society, believes love is this freedom to live in absolute authentic self. But love requires sacrifice. I, we are not experiencing love to it's full extend if I don't sacrifice in love.

Random thoughts, a dog returning to it's vomit. Am I not learning? My parents keep hurting me, and I keep forgiving and returning. Do I need to forgive but move on? There's maybe this need to have space...

Diminish, Obama said in his book. "I am diminishing myself by doing this" he was refering to arguing to victory with his step dad. he was better at it, and he might of even been right, but when he was dimishing his character he thought...