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The Journal of Kalikala Smith and the greatest of these is love
03/13/2005 03:45 p.m.
***This is an extremely jumbled essay on what I've been thinking about the last couple of months. It is not very coherent. I apologize! It is my humble opinion and I do not want to offend anyone with it. Other than that disclaimer, enjoy the mess!!***
For thousands of years man has existed and spawned dozens of new creations. Electricity, the ability to record sound, automobiles... but it never ceases to amaze me that
even after all these inventions all the wonderful things that we've come to know so well in this world we still rely on the most profound and simple and complex emotion that exists...love.
Throughout time, love has never changed. It binds human nature together like nothing else can. We could survive without our homes, without our precious mp3s, our microwave ovens. What we couldn't survive without is the thing that we all take for granted.
A man without God is a man without love. The creator of the greatest most powerful thing in the world gave the human race something so precious and fulfilling and righteous and true. How can people not see it? How can people turn away from a loving, living God? How does that make sense? Without love we could not exist. Without love we'd be scrounging for our own survival. We'd be selfish beasts incapable of thinking about anything but our own gain. Without love, we would not be where we are today. Don't you see, love is what makes this world work! Its what makes life worth living! There is one thing that no one can deny. Absolutely no one can deny that love is dead. It cannot be proven. Someone somewhere in the world has love. I know I'm spinning around in circles. My point wants to be clear. I want to be able to come out and say what's in my heart, but I'm not the greatest person with words. I'm not... I'll admit that. I just have this need to share this. No matter what is going on in your world... if you are hurt or lonely or scared or suicidal or anything at all... you have to know that there is love out there. There is! It is not something that only the good and "holier than thou" people have when they dutifully go to church every Sunday. Because honestly, the love that founded the church is dying. Its being exploited into rules and regulations and conflicts of interest. It is a sad thing when a whole congregation has to split up because they cannot decide on the color of the carpet in their sanctuary. No, that is not remotely close to love. Love is not the men on Wallstreet that believe if they just make another hundred million, life will be complete. Love is not the people that exploit their bodies to get ahead in the corporate world. I'm not saying that all people in these positions are devoid of love. I want to make it clear that I am not trying to look down on any particular party of the human race. Ahh, my point is this: Anyone, anywhere in the world can have love. No one is more or less deserving. That is not to say that love solves all of life's problems, and that love makes everything bad go away. It does not. But if love can withstand thousands of years of a changing world and still be steadfast, than it can withstand every second of your life. Every single second that you are miserable, happy, honest, care-free, depressed, angry, lustfull, crazy... it doesn't matter. Love does not have any bounds! That is amazing to me. I just wanted to share that with you all. If you're reading this, and you don't believe it, that is totally fine. This is the truth of my heart. I've never been so sappy in my life. I don't believe in sap. It took me twenty two years to admit that I might actually like chick flicks. Last weekend I bought my first pink shirt. I don't wear pink. My waredrobe consists of navy blues, blacks, and dark reds... oh and the lovely color gray. I'm thinking about what I just wrote, and it makes me... well, it makes me realize that I'm not the person that I used to be. Love conquers all. Watch out, it may even get you to wear pink;)
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| Posted by Matt Forget on 03/17/05 at 04:39 PM This by far is the most interesting journal entry to date that I have read that is completely worth while to read. It is very inspirational however, I don't see myself wearing pink any time soon.....Don't be sad...pink is a nice color....it just doesn't match very well with my middle toe! Thank you for the incredible words-of-wisdom experience! :) |
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| Posted by John Harder on 03/18/05 at 06:02 AM very thought provoking. thanks for mixing it up from the normal "i did this and that and got stuff and ate stuff and watched something" journal entry that we all seem to have on here. myself included.
"We are nothing without love."
thank you
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