I've been writing a lot at camp.
I haven't forgotten this, but it's basically a black hole of technology there, so I've been writing things out and will post...when I can.
It's an entirely different world...one I don't know that I can fully explain yet. I'm learning a lot about myself and a lot about life and I'm seeing things in a whole new way. Just...being away from everything...cut off and forced away...and becoming part of this...community. A community like I've never experienced before. It's...awe inspiring. Also running around all day outside, being a role model/being thought of as cool, and not caring what you look like...It's...yeah, I can't quite put it into words yet.
I'll just say it's one of the hardest and most amazing things I've ever, ever done.
Anyway, this is something I wrote while at camp.
I'm actually kind of proud of it.
Love is unconditional. It is watning something for someone else and wanting nothing in return. Nothing for yourself. Love is hoping someone else is happy even if it means you are not. Offering yourself up on a platter--everything you have and everything you are--putting it out there, throwing it all down on the table and not needing to hear anything back.
Maybe there are different types of love or different levels of love but I think truly--at the very core of them all--is this total and complete sacrifice of self. It's the only true gift a person can give or offer. And you can't just grasp it by saying this or reading it or even understanding it. Knowing this fact comes hard-earned. You have to reach this conclusion yourself before you can embrace it truly. Love is sacrifice. Love is unconditional. Learning is the journey. The personal journey. Like faith. But once you know it--it's one of the greatest and birghtest truths there is.
I'm actually kind of proud of it.
Love is unconditional. It is watning something for someone else and wanting nothing in return. Nothing for yourself. Love is hoping someone else is happy even if it means you are not. Offering yourself up on a platter--everything you have and everything you are--putting it out there, throwing it all down on the table and not needing to hear anything back.
Maybe there are different types of love or different levels of love but I think truly--at the very core of them all--is this total and complete sacrifice of self. It's the only true gift a person can give or offer. And you can't just grasp it by saying this or reading it or even understanding it. Knowing this fact comes hard-earned. You have to reach this conclusion yourself before you can embrace it truly. Love is sacrifice. Love is unconditional. Learning is the journey. The personal journey. Like faith. But once you know it--it's one of the greatest and birghtest truths there is.
