Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Could you?

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Could you bank entirely on faith?

Could you bank entirely on love?

If you knew someone was dying, only had six months maybe a year or two left to live, could you chance falling in love with that person? Could you marry that person knowing that you would be left alone?

If you knew that a relationship or situation had potentially no future, or a future that couldn't be contemplated at all by either party, could you blindly continue on the faith that your love is the only thing that mattered?

If you knew that the rug could be pulled out from under you at any moment, anything could happen, good or bad, could you hold your breath, close your eyes and take that next step anyway?

Could you?
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18 comments:

  1. Being a military wife you live with this sort of though in your head all the time. My husband could be killed while deployed, he could die in a car accident, hell he could die of a heart attack tomorrow. *knocks on wood that it doesn't happen*

    I've come to the conclusion that it is better to have love and lost then to never have loved at all.

    I think that is how it goes. I just know that my life is better for loving him and trusting in our love for one another.

    ** HUGE HUGS**

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  2. Um...well...I know you know my answer to that question.

    I could. And have.

    And the only thing that I can say is that love is worth that leap of blind faith. Because without love, we have nothing.

    That's not to say that it isn't horribly frightening to take that leap - because I know that it is. So what? Fear isn't going to kill you. Could you be happy down the road in the future if you were always wondering "what if?"

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  3. If it was a conscious decision then the question would matter.....

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  4. That's a tough one for me because my answer varies depending on the situation... I have made a leap of faith for love and would do it again. The part that changes my answer is the unknown vs. the known. You really never do know when someone can be taken away from you or the rug pulled out for various reason, so that part doesn't stop me. When you do know that it probably isn't going anywhere, at some point I really do believe that love isn't the only thing that matters.

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  5. Absofuckinglutely.

    Otherwise, what's the point?

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  7. That's every relationship.

    Nothing is promised beyond this moment. Thinking otherwise is an illusion.

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  8. Yes. I can and I have but more and more I'm learning to do it for the right reason: myself.

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  9. I did it. John tried to chase me away when we first got together because his health was on the down slide. I still took the risk and I'm glad I did. Like with Niki I have to say for me the old adage applies. It is better to have loved and lost then never have loved at all.

    Really when you think about it everytime you get in a relationship no matter who it is you take that risk. You don't know if that goodbye kiss will be the last. You don't know if when they leave for work if something will happen. So really if you look at the big picture, there is always a true leap of faith when one falls in love.

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  10. If you don't take a RISK, then it is all for nothing.

    Yes, I have and yes, I will do it again.

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  11. While its easy for me SAY that love is definitely enough, looking back on my past actions and choices its evident that I have yet to truly get my actions inline with my beliefs. In the past I have chose to cut my losses when it becomes clear that there is no hope or potential. But going forward I'd like to think that I'd much rather experience true, honest, perfect love, if only for a day, than to live a full life without ever knowing it.

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  12. YES YES YES!! I would do it a thousand times over!

    Could you NOT do it?

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  13. I don't always do it well (The Man would attest to that), but yes!

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  14. I think that is what you do anytime you get into a relationship. Nothing is garaunteed.
    So YES!

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  15. As long as I kept the end possibility in my mind. Yes, but don't we do that daily? There is no guarantee ever - right. My hubby could get hit by a car on the way home, or get shot at his job... I may never see him alive again. We bank of faith every day.

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  16. Love is a choice. Every damn day it's a choice, and every damn day I'd say yes to it, if it was being offered to me.

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  18. I'm a longtime lurker, but I had to come out to say this. Yes and thank you. Thank you for posting this. I really needed to read it today.

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