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[kgrier]

Everybody wrote about Valentine's Day yesterday, when it was...well...actually Valentine's Day. I'm a rebel, so I'm writing about it now.

I've always been a bit confused by the debate concerning VDay. I'm of the mind that any excuse to celebrate love is good. Life isn't always easy, and it isn't always pretty, and I think the root of all that

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[anti_nietzsche]

I think people have a wrong image of selflessness. They always think, this means a Mother Theresa selflessness, a life full of duty and no fun. But in truth I believe the selflessness asked of us, is a kind of self forgetfulness. It's about letting go of yourself and filling your mind with thoughts of other people and other things instead. If you look at it soberly, the self is one of the most uninteresting things you experience. It is with you ALL the time ... so why not directing yourself to care for those and for that which is not with you always, other people, other things. If you get that right, selflessness opens the road to better life, without it meaning an endless toil like unbelievers think it must be.

As always, Jesus is liberating.

[kgrier]

indeed! and while reciprocation is never a valid reason for selflessness (it is, in fact, the very opposite thereof), how amazing is our abba that he makes certain we feel the benefits of others' selflessness, as well (namely, perhaps, jesus)?

[anti_nietzsche]

well, God is simply good :-)