It is only as we see what has become of us -- for having valued ourselves above all others -- that we realize the need to change what we value most.
Comments (0)
4 Views
What Love Demands
- Posted: Monday, May 8, 2006
- 398 words
Key Lesson
Summary
I was thinking this afternoon about the man who introduced you to me. What would I say to him now, if we could meet?
Did he have any idea what he was doing?
Had he given any thought to what was going to happen to me? How the rest of my life, every facet of it, would be shaped by that moment our paths then crossed? Did he understand I would lose everything I treasure because the only constant value left for me to live for is to find you again?
As I look back now -- in all fairness -- I think he did know. . . only I thought that I knew better.
For instance, I remember him telling me at the time that if I had any love other than a love for you that you would never truly be mine. Only what did I know -- or care -- back then? Nothing was any more real to me than what I wanted. . . and have you I would when and where it pleased me. How was I to know?
And it isn't that I'm trying to blame my trusted friend for my having lost my heart to you. That would be like finding fault with someone for offering you his finest wine -- a rare vintage that, for its many subtle qualities, suddenly made all other wines known to you seem lifeless and without bouquet. All else aside, who can be blamed for what amounts to a change in my taste?
But this line between my heart's insatiable thirst and its sweet fulfillment in you is gradually becoming lost to me. I don't seem to know any more where one begins and the other ends -- or if there ever was any real difference between the two? And maybe herein lies the answer to my original question concerning my old friend and whether he knew what he was doing on that fateful Day.
It occurs to me now, given my own predicament, that he was already your consort: as much a slave then to wanting to share his love for you -- with me -- as I now find myself enslaved to write these letters to you about my heart in your keeping. Each of us doing what we must within what your love demands; both fulfilling ourselves through fulfilling the hidden design of your unconquerable love.
Excerpted From: Apprentice of the Heart: Lessons in Life Only Love Can Teach pages 9-11.
This Material was Excerpted From:
Related Products
-
Let Go and Let God Make a Light Out of Your Life
<p>Real Life is change itself, a ceaseless flow of creative forces expressed in ever-new forms. So, our inability to make a fresh start isn't because Life refuses us what we need to succeed. The problem is this: before we can hope to make a real new beginning in life, we must deliberately...</p>
Starting at $5.79
-
Being An Apprentice of the Heart Reading - Lessons Only Love Can Teach:
<p>Whenever we love someone (even a natural wonder or common creature), we know that our own higher emotional state awakens in us a kind of exalted energy; one that seems to melt barriers and that brings us into relationship with our beloved in ways beyond our understanding. Not only does this unseen force of life grant us access to the secret regions of our beloved's heart but, in some mysterio...</p>
Starting at $5.79
-
Apprentice of the Heart: Lessons in Life Only Love Can Teach
<p>The search for enlightenment, fulfillment, happiness, even success -- it is all inspired by one driving need: the longing for love. The most potent motivator of all is the longing for Divine Love, for this is the source of all other loves. 12 Years in the Making Begun in 1992, completed in 1997, and now published for the first time in 2004, over 12 years in the making, <em>Apprentice of...</em></p>
Starting at $9.99
-
7 Ways to a Higher, Happier Life With the One You Love
What is the #1 Reason Why Relationships Fail? For years men and women have labored under crippling ideas about what it takes to build long-lasting, loving relationships. Just leaf through the countless pages that have been written about how to rescue your relationship and you'll find as many contradictory ideas about why relationships come crashing down as there are people on this ear...
Starting at $3.99
-
The Living Keys to Unconditional Love
This is one of those beautiful talks that leaves you silent, mesmerized, and yet, overwhelmingly grateful. In fact, Guy Finley even said it himself: If you listen to this talk intently, it will have far-reaching implications in your life.
Starting at $5.79
-
Realize the Love Relationship Your Heart Longs For
There is a rare and powerful type of Love that you can experience, even though most people will go their entire lives without ever even suspecting it exists. This Love is different from all others. It is deeper, it has greater healing power, it is more fulfilling, and most important, once it is found, it endures forever. **This Love is nothing less than the Love your heart has always...
Starting at $5.79
-
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
With love... all things are possible! Whatever you desire deep down in your heart: success, joy, peace, wisdom -- love is the one power that can make it real for you. After all, what can't be accomplished by the power of love? Love gives us: * The strength to go far beyond what we would normally do * The ability to make sacrifices for something...
Starting at $5.79
Posted by Guy Finley in 459 Galice Road, Merlin, OR 97532 on , and updated on .
Get Guy Finley’s Bestselling eBook for FREE!
Freedom from the Ties that Bind
Simply by Joining Our Newsletter List!