A writer I know who I met in the most unusual circumstance came in to my life at the most desirable time. We met on the social networking website, Twitter. A random request from a man I've never met in my life, which would soon change a large part of it. We got to talking, sharing our views on life, and writing, and the significant influences we've encountered in our lives. I felt like I knew this man. He later offered to send me his book, sharing his personal story to me, a stranger. I didn't need to trust him; I didn't need to pour my soul. I just felt his passion as we developed conversation about our views on love, and tough experiences. I told him about my walk with God, and where I stood weary and unclear at times. He brought this to my attention in one of his books,
"The Bible tells us that, 'to love is to be willing to die for what we love', but many of us don’t even like ourselves enough to protect ourselves from harm. To simplify this point further, would you risk your life to save your parents? Would you be willing to fight for the honor of your best friend? With your answers in mind, ask yourself this: What hardship in your life are you allowing yourself to endure? It is all too common that we fight for the well-being of everyone except ourselves. We claim to love ourselves, yet we stay in bad relationships, we allow people to belittle and degrade us, and we put up with people giving us less than we deserve but just enough to keep us around. You see, the easiest way to gauge how much you really love yourself is by taking an honest look at your life and counting the unnecessary pains and burdens that you are refusing to cut out of your life, even while they are destroying it. Most people would say that they have a healthy love for themselves without having a clear idea of what it means to love. Love is the simplest truth, yet the hardest thing to properly describe; in fact, everyone seems to have their own description, even though the Bible gave us the perfect one."
- J.L Ford
Re-evaluate your character.
xo.
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