The other day, I had the honor of spending time with a woman whose fiance had suddenly passed away. As I visited with her, I shared the following words her..."Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I've been given the choice: as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal." (C.S. Lewis) After I shared those words with her, she wept and said something like, "Even in this pain, I would do it all over again. We were so happy."
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