
Originally Posted by
scorpia
love is not sacrifice for me...
it is such a dreadful and manipulative word. It took me many years to learn that sacrifice comes from only fear and not out of love. And as we all know, fearful people can be vicious. Sacrifice then becomes attack and does not resemble love...
Initially, it is nearly impossible to conceive of love without sacrifice, since the conneciton of the two is so pervasive in our culture. The notion of sacrifice is born of the idea that there is not enough --not enough love, kindness, thoughtfulness, opportunities, time, money, caring, fun pleasure, beauty, enjoyment...