I Take Off the Mask

It is God who pursues us who uplifts us and protects us and provides for everything we need It is God who loved us first who showers us with every good thing we do not even know All that is required of us is the faith to believe that He is there that He is our Greatest Lover the Source of all that’s wonderful there is in our lives It is our part to be able to receive such a love to rejoice because we have been called because we have been found because we learn that despite the mundaneness of what we see we are special we are cherished we are in truth God’s beloved ones.

“In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.”- Fulton J. Sheen When we were kids, I think a friend is that one person we get to love for real outside of our family. It is from this person that we learn how to like and how to be liked. It is from this person that we learn the meaning of “trust”. When we grew up, however, the word love referred more and more to that “special someone”, a girlfriend or a boyfriend we feel we’d give our lives for no matter what. Maybe this is the reason why “broken hearts” almost always meant breakups with one’s romantic partner. It’s as though our hearts could never be broken by anyone else. It’s as though we couldn’t suffer more whenever we lose a friend. If you have experienced losing both, however, would you agree? Was it any less painful when you’ve...