Two crosses we must bear

May 032008

Of all the crosses
we must bear in life
these two are the most painful:

that we cannot be loved enough

and that we cannot love enough
the people we care about the most

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3 Responses to “Two crosses we must bear”

scheng1 says:

April 26, 2010 at 11:48 am

I think we must strike a balance between love and possessive. Some people love too much, to the point of being possessive.
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