So, I just bought Season 4 of Girlfriends (which is my favorite show in the whole wide world) on DVD and this season deals a lot with love and relationships. Joan is dating this actor named Ellis but she meets a great guy on the street with whom she has an immediate connection with. She later finds out the the great guy, Brock, is her boyfriends agent. She is torn between enchanted love and staying true to a commitment that she made to Ellis. At this same time, Maya is doing some soul-searching since her divorce and reads Joan a passage from one of the many self-help books she is now reading. It goes as follows:
"Many have said, 'No, I do not choose the path of wild, radical and authentic love even though I know I'm dying without it...I think I'll just settle for good enough."
This quote is amazing to me...the topic of relationships, the opposite sex and love is a common one among my many friends, male and female. Since true and unconditional love is the greatest achievement one can hope to attain in life, it is no surprise that the topic is a popular one.
Our individual definitions and expectations of love come from experiences, concepts we've been taught, and external views of love such as movies, friends, stories, etc. And while the definition of love will differ from person to person, the need to both receive and give love is present in all of us. This love should be one that involves a mutual walk in faith, a mutal support and mutual submission to one another.
However, in the quest to find "a love of your own" I think it is utterly important to seek and be patient in what God has for you and not settle or give in what you feel needs to happen in your own time. I can't speak for everyone but I've made a vow to myself to wait on "wild, radical and authentic" love and not ever give in to "good enough". Dang, I'm good................
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