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" ...Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness: that even the love between the sexes is, as in Dante, 'a lord of terrible aspect.' There is kindness in love: but love and kindness are not coterminous, and when kindness (in the sense given above) is separated from the other elements of love, it involves a certain fundamental indifference to its object, and even something like contempt of it. Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object - we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to kill animals lest they should suffer. Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering. As Scripture points out, it is bastards who are spoiled: the legitimate sons, who are to carry on the family tradition, are punished. It is for people whom we care nothing about that we demand happiness on any terms: with our friends, our loves, our children we are exacting and...

In case you're wondering, I haven't forgotten about this blog. I actually decided to start writing in a journal again and just haven't had time to spend on here. But don't worry! I'll try to frequent this little corner of the internet a bit more so it's not just sitting here collecting digital dust. A lot has happened since the last time I posted, and it's been a mix of really good and bad. The bad has been an ongoing struggle and along the way, it's gotten worse and worse. I haven't lost hope though. Prayer has been the biggest tool for me to see that God's will runs its course in my life. I used to be a very prideful person, but I've learned that I am nothing without Him. My life will never have been lived up to it's utmost potential unless I surrendered everything, you know? And that includes my deepest darkest sins. As for the good, well, it's been really, really good. God, in His sovereignty and timing, decided to bless Zack ...