Love is my greatest strength and my greatest weakness too

Knowing that love propels you to your greatest strengths, and greatest weaknesses too, helps you to stay grounded. The love I have for the people and things in my life motivates and inspires me, but it also leaves me exposed and vulnerable.

Love entails sacrifice. It’s not always the case that the things and people I love in my life coexist in peace and harmony. Conflicts arise within and between them.

Love for myself sustains my love for life itself; but I sometimes sacrifice that love and accede to the demands of the love I have for my family and my work. That is when I put aside my own well-being for the sake of the well-being of one or both.

Love for the people and things we care about brings meaning to life, but confusion too; when you appreciate it all, but fear losing it too. Love reminds us that we are strong and weak, and hopelessly dependent, even in our self-sufficiency. It reminds us that we are human.