~ April 29
Too much love can ruin us.
But if you come with grace, dear goddess,
there is nothing so sweet and pleasing.
Let me be wise in love!
It is your best gift, mighty goddess,
unerring archer of desire.
Let my love be gentle.
Let there be no war of words, dear one, or
relentless anger in my bed.
—Greek dramatist Euripides, Medea
Love is one of the strongest of human emotions. Sometimes it seems to bring us only heartache. Love can easily join with other desires—like the desire to dominate, or to be secure, or to be applauded—to create difficulties in our lives. Yet love itself is not to blame. Love, the joining of one being to another, is indeed the best gift of the goddess.
When that pure love, unmixed with other desires, is lacking, we must hope it will return. And, like spring, it will. When such love is present in our lives, we feel as though a spring sun shines upon us. We must learn to disentangle love from the many other emotions that so easily bind themselves to it. When we experience love as the goddess intended, we find happiness indeed.
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