was reading this book titled "i love you unconditionally..... on one condition" before anyone starts saying anything, let me justify myself, just thought i'll finish the book and return it to Cheryl soon, seeing how it has been with me for almost a year.


so, lemme start on my boring analogies.

Point 1
The author, Joey O'Connor gives this analogy, many people spend thousands upon thousands, just to reach the peak of Mount Everest just to get that glimpse of unparalleled beauty, which seems to make the torturous near death climbing experience seem almost worth it. and that is like the awesome times spending with your friends, or even in worship. When we reach get that Mountaintop Experience which seems to make all our problems seem small. But the fact of the matter is that we live in the Valley. Where life is common, where the fields must be worked, the soil tilled; where we face choices, temptations and challenges.

well i think many of us try to run away from that? but as i've said in an earlier post, that's life. The knowledge that there is a God who loves and watches over us makes things easier to bear:)

Point 2. Unconditional love
Common misconception. Unconditional love is just conditional love with no limits. WRONG! the Author also said this, True Unconditional Love sets boundaries. It knows when to say "Stop, Wait, Not Now".

Even in a perfect world, Eden, Love had limits. Because God loved us and knew we could not handle the knowledge of good and evil. He set that limit and told us not to eat the fruit. i feel really stupid for adding this part, but it's sort of for the Atheists, God did not let us eat the fruit, not because He was afraid we would be like Him, but because He knew men's folly was it's self centered-ness. And He tried to protect us from it because He loves us.

So in closing, Certain Conditions hep relationships thrive.

Point 3. Quote

Common Places never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative. We find that it is not a new scene which is needed, but a new viewpoint.
- Norman Rockwell
(Wikied him, He's a painter)