“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Some people, when they are afraid, they become angry too, but then all that we can see is this anger, how they explode and seem to lose all control. What we do not see is this great fear within them, a helplessness masked by the outward rage.
Underneath it all is a vulnerability that has shielded itself so it can’t be touched. So no one may hear what it is really screaming about.
And that is why it takes much courage to love. While it is true that we must be cautious also, we must not be so frightened too much as to fail to see a heart that is only longing to be heard, to be loved.
The LORD himself… goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged. – Deuteronomy 31, WEBBE
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"