once upon a time i was falling in love, now im only falling apart

i think love, in its most agape form, is so powerful because you are in a place where you can rise above your own needs and self-interests for someone else. we all spend so much of our time walking this earth worried about watching out for our own backs and it makes the experience so lonely. we're so cautious and paranoid that someone is gonna screw us over that we end up isolating ourselves, ultimately cutting ourselves off. but with agape love, love so prevalent in most families, we never feel alone, even when we've had the hugest fight or had a traumatic experience. the peope we think of first are those who have sacrificed and loved us no matter what was happening or what we were doing.

i give myself to thee not because i am weak but because i am strong enough to love you