Saint Valentine's Day
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”
“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.”
~Thomas Merton
“We give too much of our hearts to little things, like image and control, that are not worth the pain. More important, we give too little of our hearts to big things, like loving God and our families, because we unconsciously fear the pain. In making this foolish calculation, we forget one thing: that love’s joy always outweighs love’s pain in the end; that no sane person has ever said on his deathbed: ‘I shouldn’t have loved so much. I shouldn’t have put out so much. I should have kept my heart in the freezer.’ Long before that, if there is love, then there is a joy even in the pain of making free, willing sacrifices and freely accepting the unwilled pains.”
~Peter Kreeft (re-post)
“When you become a daddy, the very best thing you can do for your kids is this: love mommy.
When you become a mommy, the very best thing you can do for your kids is this: love daddy...”
~Peter Kreeft (partial re-post)
“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.”
~Thomas Merton
“We give too much of our hearts to little things, like image and control, that are not worth the pain. More important, we give too little of our hearts to big things, like loving God and our families, because we unconsciously fear the pain. In making this foolish calculation, we forget one thing: that love’s joy always outweighs love’s pain in the end; that no sane person has ever said on his deathbed: ‘I shouldn’t have loved so much. I shouldn’t have put out so much. I should have kept my heart in the freezer.’ Long before that, if there is love, then there is a joy even in the pain of making free, willing sacrifices and freely accepting the unwilled pains.”
~Peter Kreeft (re-post)
“When you become a daddy, the very best thing you can do for your kids is this: love mommy.
When you become a mommy, the very best thing you can do for your kids is this: love daddy...”
~Peter Kreeft (partial re-post)
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