To the unbeliever
Dear Tom:
You write as if you think that love is a dirty word -- quick to hand out judgment for anyone that could dare to focus their literary energy on such a subject. But we live our lives by choice. And I choose to see the world as a place where love rules supreme. I choose sunlight over dark. And yes, I enjoy whiskers on kittens.
You greatly underestimate me if you think that I blindly write about the subject, spouting off teenage love poetry, gushing over a kiss, or a love note. Quite the contrary. I see the dark side of the world just as much as you or anyone else. We all fight a constant battle -- between happiness and depression, love and hate, morality and immorality. There are great lessons to be learned from either side, from either outcome, there is great depth in either side, but it is a choice. We choose what we are and what we will become.
Writing about love and beautiful things in life is not a sign of weakness as you would have people believe, rather a sign of great strength, holding back the dark so that the light may shine through. There may be more poetry with the dark side of the world, but the light side is what sustains and makes us press on, willing to fight those battles.
3 Ugly Things:
1. Hangovers
2. Fighting with your boyfriend over nothing
3. dishes that haven't been done in a week
3 Beautiful Things:
1. Planning my first Thanksgiving -- and not being scared about cooking for that many people
2. The first cup of hot chocolate this season -- sooooo good.
3. looking for a kitten to adopt
Balance. Take two and call me in the morning. -- CD
You write as if you think that love is a dirty word -- quick to hand out judgment for anyone that could dare to focus their literary energy on such a subject. But we live our lives by choice. And I choose to see the world as a place where love rules supreme. I choose sunlight over dark. And yes, I enjoy whiskers on kittens.
You greatly underestimate me if you think that I blindly write about the subject, spouting off teenage love poetry, gushing over a kiss, or a love note. Quite the contrary. I see the dark side of the world just as much as you or anyone else. We all fight a constant battle -- between happiness and depression, love and hate, morality and immorality. There are great lessons to be learned from either side, from either outcome, there is great depth in either side, but it is a choice. We choose what we are and what we will become.
Writing about love and beautiful things in life is not a sign of weakness as you would have people believe, rather a sign of great strength, holding back the dark so that the light may shine through. There may be more poetry with the dark side of the world, but the light side is what sustains and makes us press on, willing to fight those battles.
3 Ugly Things:
1. Hangovers
2. Fighting with your boyfriend over nothing
3. dishes that haven't been done in a week
3 Beautiful Things:
1. Planning my first Thanksgiving -- and not being scared about cooking for that many people
2. The first cup of hot chocolate this season -- sooooo good.
3. looking for a kitten to adopt
Balance. Take two and call me in the morning. -- CD
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