Amor Vincit Omnia

I debated with myself about which website to post this and decided on this one.

Amor vincit omnia  (Love conquers all)

How I wish this turned out to be true. It certainly did not turn out that way for me, not in any circumstance. (Not in my marriage, not with my children, not with friendships).

I wanted very much to be able to call myself a Christian. This, to me, meant following the teachings and commands of the Christ. Jesus clearly said in Matthew to 'turn the other cheek' (if struck on the right cheek, bare the other one for striking). This is a mistake in real practice.

I did not believe in this originally. I allowed myself to be convinced of it in my adult years. Once I accepted this to be the way then I practiced this. I lived by the rules laid out. I believed I would prevail, that love would prevail. It did not.

Could it possibly be because my love was not genuine? Perhaps in my marriage this can be blamed. I admit, I was not in love with the man. And I do not believe he was ever in love with me either.

But certainly, this cannot be applied with my children. My love for them is true and deep and forever.

Yet, it did not conquer all.

I would return to how I originally believed if I could remember what it was that I actually believed. The documents say that Jesus allowed himself to be mistreated in order to practice this teaching, to set an example, to be the first to tread down that path, to show others how it is done. Yet it also states that he lost his temper and overturned tables and yelled at people when he saw money changers, buyers and sellers carrying on business in a holy temple. It is insinuated that he was upset at the disrespect of the building, but I don't quite buy that because of how many times he insisted that God did not reside in any building. He demonstrated his belief in this by preaching his sermons on hillsides, mountain tops, alongside the waters, etc. I think it was more that they were worshipping money, perhaps. Cannot be sure.

My point is, that it seems there is a time and place to 'lose it' and there is a time and place to 'turn the other cheek' - but love does not conquer all. It does not. Jesus is the perfect example of this fallacy. Look what happened to him.

I put it out there that if you turn the other cheek, you will end up getting smacked twice. And what then? How many cheeks do you think you have?

I also put it out there that Love is not enough.

Moving along.

I know that I usually talk about food, or tea, or t.v. shows, not love. But dealing with such things is part of my life too, and I'm sure it is yours as well, so I breached the topic and gave a few thoughts.

What is the best day to go to the beach?

Sunday, of course.