Christian Life 1 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
I have no citations for my thesis on this post beyond my own experience. I'm betting your experience parallels my own in this particular regard. During our years in middle school - a period I like to dub The Days of the Killer Hormones - we learn much about sociology, almost exclusively through trial and error (mostly error). One of the things I learned during this time is that love cannot be forced. My eye for romance seemed to turn from one recipient to another with appalling speed, some more receptive than others. Of course, in my pubescent mind, the more a love interest rejected my advances, the more intrigued I became by the pursuit. Finally, at some point - I hope high school, but probably college - I came to realize that all this effort was in vain. The more one tries to force love from another, the less likely one is to receive it. Trying to obtain love from someone who doesn't already freely give it through force, bribery or coercion ma...