I cannot count the times I have cursed our lack of urgency. If I ever love again, I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author regrets waiting to love fully, realizing that assuming there is always future time is a poor way to live.
- In plain terms
- Do not postpone loving your best; life is too short to wait.
- What can you take from it?
- Love fully and immediately rather than delaying for a hypothetical future.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When have you waited too long to act on feelings?
- What stops you from loving fully today?
Another view
Sometimes caution in love is necessary to avoid harm.
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