New levels = New devils. I'm just trying to rise above the bullshit...
I've been analyzing a lot of Soul Music in preparation for Seconds. I also have a lot of friends who are having children or watching their newborns grow into toddlers. Even the women I live with are in healthy relationships. Then there's me: surviving on my island. It feels like this year, cuffing season is making a primed, personal attack on me. So... naturally, I feel like I should write this blog about that dirty, dangerous four letter word. However, in the famous words of that nameless little girl from Vine...
"...I ain't gone do it!"
(...at least, not in the way you'd think...)
I was talking to a friend who mentioned that the passion was gone from her relationship. Love versus Passion is a fascinating construct. How do they differ? Where do they differ? Would I rather have love or passion in a relationship? Is that a "Want versus Need" scenario, or are both necessary?
It's been almost a decade since I was comfortably in "that place" that is most commonly equated with that word. Since that time, I've learned to separate the two, at least in my mind. I generally look at LOVE as a universal force that we control. It's a energy that is to be shared openly, yet responsibly amongst all living things. It is manifest in cherishing the here and now with family and friends, recognizing the value they bring to your experience in this realm of existence. It has been said that GOD IS LOVE. I would agree, because if you can seek to find some value of positivity in anything, then you can see how the General Order of Dominion is working through it. It is the reciprocation of positive vibes, but love in itself is not weak. Peace and Love are not intrinsically synonymous. Can LOVE be violent? Anyone who's had to discipline a child or pet would say so.
Passion, like love, is evidenced in action. Passion is a driving force that dictates how one spends their time & resources. Passion, when perverted, can be considered "Lust", I suppose. That's where the battle lies: abstaining from lust and pursuing a righteous passion to self-edification.
This train of thought stemmed from researching the relationship profile of a woman with whom I would love build my lineage. It described everything I want in a committed bond, and I realized that my passions for myself MUST come first, so that I may be made whole (through GOD and Self) before I am able to bring substance to our unified banquet.
I have learned to see GOD in EVERYTHING. I am practicing to DISCIPLINE my PASSION by my FAITH. Unrelenting Zeal. I never knew there was a love like that before. Zealots in love, united for a common cause.
Everybody gotta have a dream. I'm ready to man up, live my dreams and flow in this technicolor & surround sound universe (s/o to Combat Jack)...
You & I, verse all.
-Thee Frog Prince
