To Lose Heart

Which is the truer message? If we try to hang on to the Romance, what are we to do with our wounds and the awful tragedies of life? How can we keep our heart alive in the face of such deadly arrows? How many losses can a heart take? If we deny the wounds or try to minimize them, we deny a part of our heart and end up living in a shallow optimism that frequently becomes a demand that the world be better then it is. On the other hand, if we embrace the arrows as the final word on life, we despair, which is another way to lose heart. To lose hope has the same effect on our heart as it would be to stop breathing." -The Sacred Romance