G.K. Chesterton once wrote, "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." One of the main themes of fairy tales is true love, which is so often thrown under the bus by modern society. So many people I have talked to don't believe that real, true love can exist. One of my coworkers and I often engage in a rather invigorating debate about this very topic. Circumstances have made him cynical that a true, pure love can exist between a man and a woman, and he feels it his duty to warn my romantic soul against certain tragedy. But I always passionately argue for love. I tell him that true love isn't this mushy-gushy happily ever after nonsense, because that simply can't really exist. If it does, then it isn't real love, it's probably just infatuation. Real, true love is hard. It is a free will choice to love your beloved, even when he or she is annoying or hurtful. Real love is nitty-gritty, soul-baring, and honest. Real love is facing the facts and dragons of life together. It is knowing when to let go, and most importantly, when to hold on. Even when dragons like distance, passions, and miscommunications rear their ugly head, love is learning to hold on and to try harder for your beloved, despite the odds. True love is the most beautiful, perfect state of being, since it is totally selfless and life-giving. And like all things good, you have to work really hard to achieve this perfection. The nice thing about love is that you aren't alone, both you and your best friend are working together towards the same goal.
True love's kiss isn't regarded as the most powerful magic of all in fairy tales for no reason. A properly ordered love is a staircase to Heaven, since true love is a total giving of self for another--pure charity. This is why, I think, that the concept of love is under such attack in our modern society, since Satan cannot stand the presence of such a powerful, beautiful magic in the world. He has distorted "love" to either look like a fluffy, princess-y feeling or a sultry, passionate obsession. In this distortion of love, it is all about "me." I want to feel powerful, I want to feel loved, I want to feel desired. This is a love of lust and delusions. True love will change the world. A man and a woman truly in love will spread the light through their selfless and courageous devotion to each other. This is why I believe in love. True love slays dragons, it does not create them. "The beauty that will save the world is the love that shares the pain." ~Cardinal Martini of Milan
True love's kiss isn't regarded as the most powerful magic of all in fairy tales for no reason. A properly ordered love is a staircase to Heaven, since true love is a total giving of self for another--pure charity. This is why, I think, that the concept of love is under such attack in our modern society, since Satan cannot stand the presence of such a powerful, beautiful magic in the world. He has distorted "love" to either look like a fluffy, princess-y feeling or a sultry, passionate obsession. In this distortion of love, it is all about "me." I want to feel powerful, I want to feel loved, I want to feel desired. This is a love of lust and delusions. True love will change the world. A man and a woman truly in love will spread the light through their selfless and courageous devotion to each other. This is why I believe in love. True love slays dragons, it does not create them. "The beauty that will save the world is the love that shares the pain." ~Cardinal Martini of Milan
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