Issue 169- "Love"

Written, pencilled, inked by: Heath P. Lail

I'm sure you've heard the saying "Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all". I think it is very true. Sure, I had my heart ripped out at the end of my last two relationships but I learned valuable experience through both experiences, and I'm a richer person for the pain and tears they cost. Perhaps a person must be broken into nothing before they can heal, rather than simply cracking a little at a time. But once they are at the bottom of the well, looking up--knowing that a light still shines to guide them up from the depths...that is when a person must choose to climb out to the light, or to simply hide deeper within the well of grief and pain. Relationships are inherently personal. Even though it takes two to have a relationship, whether it be a friendship or something more, each person has much to gain or lose through knowing the other person on a deep level. They can be hurt so deeply that the well grows ever-deeper, or they can find a love that is indescribably full and so rich that every day is truly a new adventure.

My point, to be short, is that we all must find the strength to climb out of the well. Because if we don't, what is the purpose of relationships at all? If we expect pain a nd hardship, will we not receive it everywhere we turn? Yet if we search for love and growth, it too can easily be found. If you are hurting tonight, then look inside yourself, and find that light, no matter how dim and crawl, limp, or dash towards it, that you may find comfort and love again.

H