I’ve always felt that trying to understand love and its many mysteries is a complete waste of time because it defies reason. Now, after a great event yesterday and hearing all the interesting thoughts of my fellow scholars I learned two major things.
1. Two of the main keys to love are action and responsibility, plus an added dose of accountability for flavor.
2. Love, in all its many forms, is a double-edged sword due to the fact that one must let down all their safeguards (e.g. emotional, physical, spiritual) in order to truly love someone.
My favorite parts of the event were the excerpts from All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks and hearing my fellow scholars thoughts on love. I found that many of the people in my group had very astute observations on love, heck some of them even seemed to know enough to be experts. In the end, love is not as complicated as I thought and it seems that all of us are trying it our own way to navigate its waters.
ah yes, the succulent flavor of a dose of accountability. delicious. delectable. i know it well.
in all seriousness though, you’re right, accountability is an indispensable ingredient in relationships.