{"id":28,"date":"2006-09-29T12:37:52","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/angel\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2006-12-31T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T23:55:15","slug":"if-equal-affection-cannot-be-let-the-more-loving-one-be-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"“If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nJustin and Lily at Deb’s House in San Antonio
\nMarch\u00c2\u00a02006<\/div>\n

Someone posted this quote on Justin’s MySpace<\/a> blog:<\/p>\n

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
\nThat, for all they care, I can go to hell,
\nBut on earth indifference is the least
\nWe have to dread from man or beast.<\/p>\n

How should we like it were stars to burn
\nWith a passion for us we could not return?
\nIf equal affection cannot be,
\nLet the more loving one be me.<\/p>\n

-W.H. Auden<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like this thought.\u00c2\u00a0 For some reason, the idea that “the one who loves more is the loser” is the thought that is perpetuated in our society.\u00c2\u00a0 “Nice guys finish last.” “The person who loves more in the relationship is the one without the power.” “Guard your feelings so you don’t\u00c2\u00a0get hurt.”\u00c2\u00a0 These are the\u00c2\u00a0things we are told over and over, and we assimilate these ideas without even thinking about\u00c2\u00a0them because they are presented to us at such a young age and so repetitively.<\/p>\n

I didn’t\u00c2\u00a0even think\u00c2\u00a0about reversing the accepted norm\u00c2\u00a0until I read this quote on\u00c2\u00a0Justy’s blog.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s such a better way to think!\u00c2\u00a0 It’s such a better philosophy to base your actions and your life upon.<\/p>\n

“If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.”\u00c2\u00a0 That is the idea that I am going to perpetuate. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justin and Lily at Deb’s House in San Antonio March\u00c2\u00a02006 Someone posted this quote on Justin’s MySpace blog: Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}