In worship this Sunday, we will continue our examination of the question “What does it mean to be a people of perseverance?” with a message from our minister titled “Love Doesn’t Make Us Stupid – It Makes Us Brave.” Please plan to join us for this weekly gathering that is the heartbeat of who we are as a community.
We can move away from anxious identification with love as submissiveness or giving in. We don’t have
to limit our notion of love to romance. We can challenge our conditioning that tells us that loving
someone also mandates our liking them and wanting to spend time with them. We can remember that,
as the Buddha taught, love is the antidote to fear, not the countervailing force to wisdom. Love doesn’t
make us stupid; it makes us brave. ~ Sharon Salzberg
We can move away from anxious identification with love as submissiveness or giving in. We don’t have
to limit our notion of love to romance. We can challenge our conditioning that tells us that loving
someone also mandates our liking them and wanting to spend time with them. We can remember that,
as the Buddha taught, love is the antidote to fear, not the countervailing force to wisdom. Love doesn’t
make us stupid; it makes us brave. ~ Sharon Salzberg
