On falling deeply in love.
On quickly and thoroughly pursuing and adoring the new and unknown.
On opening Pandora’s box.
The lover was rekindled.
The part of me that can feel the journey, the curious intellectual that will investigate all the way down to Hades without hesitation if there may be truth, intimacy, or gold to be found there.
The part of my mind and soul that can connect dots.
The part of me that is egoless.
The part of me that knows nothing of time or expectations.
The part of me that is creative and expansive.
The part of me that intertwines with the soul of another.
The part of me that is a wellspring of zeal and devotion, anchored by divine fidelity.
Forging ahead, a path emerged. A path only I could walk.
In those faith driven steps, I discovered I’m not so alone after all.
Fears, one by one, atrophied.
Love perfected casts out fear.
They cannot coexist.
Everything became adventure and heart.
Inspired calm.
At the very same time, the warrior went to battle.
Transformation of mind, soul, spirit, and body accelerated, irreversibly.
Generative energy was shared in my sphere.
Relationships became synergistic. Metamorphic.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self control.
Power, love, and self control.
Love was ignited. Fear was slain.
Self governance was the foundation.
It always came back to personal agency, intrinsic value of the human soul, and the guidance of a loving God.
We aren’t punished for our sin; we are punished by our sin.
For missing the mark and burying our talent.
Love and self control combined?
That is a fortified centre with an eternal outward impact.
That is power.
Power that’s unassailable.
Power that will put the friend before the friendship.
Power that will fight for the liberation of self and other.
Power that will never capitulate.
Power that will labour.
Power that will wait.
Power that leaves no man behind.
Power that will tread onward, alone if required.
Power that must fulfill its mandate.
Power that will march headlong into love, with complete disregard for loss, for it proceeds from an infinite spring.
Power that flows from not only the heart and soul, but from the spine.
Power that is ever the victor, never the victim of vice or terror.
Power that heals.
Power that forthrightly offers truth.
Power that will love stubbornly.