“Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love but in reality, love is the only thing in the world that covers up all the pain and makes someone feel wonderful again.”
Liam Neeson
To FEEL DEEPLY is to risk greatly. It’s true. It is so much safer to keep relationships, dreams and passions a little removed. A discrete distance from the heart.
But for most of us, this is not possible. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out. Your emotions reveal the opposite. You find you’re in way over your head.
We have discovered this on the arrival of children, a new romance, a new friendship. We stand back and say, ‘I love you. I love you deeply”. And almost immediately we wish we had never uttered those words.
Yet it is these deepest connections and even the experiences of deep loss that make us human. The impact on our own growth and learning. And in our brokenness, affirm our compassion and empathy for others.
Perhaps this is why Liam Neeson said these words:
“Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love but in reality, love is the only thing in the world that covers up all the pain and makes someone feel wonderful again.”