Love well


Love well!!!

Three exclamation marks it is for me right now, here in this moment. I believe to live life is to love well. We exist as human beings simply to love and to love well. I've recently been contemplating on what it means to love well, this contemplation comes at the back of me deeply searching for the meaning of life. What do I mean by searching for meaning of life, I don't mean exactly like what Victor Frankl outlined in his book by the same title; for me it was from God-driven and purpose-filled reference. You see, in the recent years I started feeling a deep sense of loss of what I used to know as my true north, the things that used to make me feel alive started feeling foreign to me, the things that used to make me feel excited to wake up in the morning, became dull. At a first glance it felt like I was constantly in a state of depression, but I kept wondering how I've arrived at this point in my life; I put all the possibilities in front of me and I still could not pinpoint what led me to this feeling of nothing "matters" now. I share all of this to say, there's still disconnect in what used to drive me and give me great joy, but I'm grateful that even in all these, I can stand firmly unshaken because of LOVE, the love I receive and give has been a constant anchor in my life.

The unfailing love of God let me know that it is possible to LOVE WELL.

 

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