Yes,
our forefathers wanted independence from what they considered an unfair sovereignty
that, among other complaints like over-taxation, took away freedom. The sovereign
power thought that if the Continent really loved them, they would gladly stay
under the sovereign’s wing. So, love and independence got interpreted as “giving
up stuff” and gaining stuff. Maybe this is one foundation of the idea that if
you are going to love someone, you have to give up your independence.
I am
suggesting that a two-way street of loving may not be a “giving up” but a
redefining for a shared independence. When two individuals get together in a
definition of love, maybe they can find the better way of joining personalities
in a definition of shared independence and both benefit from any hurt or help
discovered. How?? And what happens when
we give ourselves to God?
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