"Love is repaid by love alone." A quote from John of the Cross.
It has been my meditation today though, admittedly, not much effort was put in it. Nevertheless, it sums up what the contemplative life is about: not doing, thinking, or striving in all the "right" ways, but seeking just to hold the attention on repaying His love with simple love alone. That is the center of life and the key to coming fully alive-- just love alone.
How my heart is made for passion, for fire, for a desirous love. How awake I become when the furnace of the heart's love is turned up. How simple life is when it is fueled by love rather than by obsessions, worry, anxiety, stress, or anger.
Yet, how easy it is to lose that heart's love: distractions, busyness, people's needs... the attention splinters in a million directions.
Love is repaid by love alone!
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