Letter To a Nightingale

“Love is not a forced to be reckoned with. It can move mountains, it can destroy armies, and can bridge gaps, it can teach sacrifice and most importantly it can give courage. Love is not love if not maddening, sacrificial and selfless. Love is purity, a gift of God for those who dare seek it. Love is what you sacrificed yourself for and it is what you will be repaid with. The ignorant often say that love is a weakness, for the weak. But you and those who follow in your footsteps know that there is nothing that makes a man courageous as love does. Did not love give Farhad the courage to dig a river of milk? Did it not the love of Helena give Paris the courage to wage a war against her country? And most importantly my friend, did not love fill your beautiful little heart with courage-courage such that exceeds that of a multitude of men- to sacrifice yourself for the sake of another? Love is a gift, it is an honor, it is reality, it is a dreamer’s dream, it is courage, it is justice, it is sacrifice, it is madness, it is sanity, it is truth and it is deceit. My dearest love is love. And there can be no exchange for it. So value it always and give your life all over again should love demand it from you. For it you do, your reward will be great..”

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