I wrote this poem many years ago and it is a personal favorite
Recently, during one of our week-long retreats, someone recited it in front of everyone by heart
It was one of the best compliments I have ever received https://t.co/KxLCOtEL9B
I wrote this poem many years ago and it is a personal favorite Recently, during one of our week-long retreats, someone recited it in front of everyone by heart It was one of the best compliments I have ever received https://t.co/KxLCOtEL9B
am afraid that we may be raising a generation of young people who will grow up afraid to love, afraid to give themselves completely to another person, because they will have seen how much it hurts to take the risk of loving and have it not work out. I am afraid that they will grow up looking for intimacy without risk, for pleasure without significa
... See morebell hooks • All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
‘Love is the opposite of power. That’s why we fear it so much.’
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. these, our bodies, possessed by light. tell me we’ll never get used to it. [richard siken]
actually, you said love, for you,
is larger than the usual romantic love.
it’s like a religion. it’s terrifying. no one will ever want to sleep with you. [crush, richard siken]
Fear keeps us from being close to the men in our lives; it keeps us from love. Once upon a time I thought it was
bell hooks • The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Love, we recognize that the fear of letting people down keeps us trapped and unable to heal and live a life that is our own.