I'm 25 today! St. Andrew Kim Taegon, pray for us! He's my patron saint of the year, according to random saint generator that I generated on the eve of new year. He was martyred at the age of 25 and his feast day was yesterday. What a providence.
This is what I read yesterday that really inspires me:
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”
CS Lewis
Every time I read this I want to cry out, "No, don't!"
I'm not sure who I'm crying out to.
Perhaps it is to so many people I see today who think that having children would bring more problems than blessings.
Perhaps it is to people who won't even get a new dog or cat because that would desecrate the memory of their previous beloved pet.
Perhaps it is to the lonely people I know who have been hurt one too many times and so have given up on love.
I've learned through experience that being vulnerable is frightening thing. It can hurt. But it is better than being made of stone.
This book is an easy to read devotion book. Highly recommended it!
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