The best reviews are the ones that make it clear that what you’ve written has given somebody the opportunity to reflect on something in their own lives. My friend Mike Hayes offered just such a “review” this week, by using my book as a jumping off point for a reflection of his own. It’s a good one!:
” . . . As I look back on my life, I often see myself searching for love and occasionally finding someone to love. At times, I’m afraid, I didn’t find that love returned. Was love unable to find me?
As I searched more deeply, I realized a stark truth: Quite often in my life, I was too afraid to be found by love.
Have you ever found a person who just takes your breath away? Dennis Miller, the brilliant comic, said of the first time he saw his wife, “I’ll pass out if that woman comes anywhere near me.” Apparently, he conquered that fear. But often it’s not fear of approaching love, but fear of not being good enough to deserve the love of someone else. Perhaps even when love is found, fear keeps the revelation of self that we all have to offer back to our love from really happening. What if she doesn’t love that part of me? What if she doesn’t agree with my opinion? We act like addicts afraid of being unable to get our next fix. What if the love runs out?
Marion, my wife, helped me get over that. I think I fell more deeply in love with Marion when we had our first fight. Now that sounds completely ludicrous, but in fact it’s true . . . “
Mike has much more to say, and it’s worth reading the whole thing. Check it out here.
GODsTALKed~ 