A bald-headed shepherd once approached a tired, old virgin and asked her
"why is it so that you are so great, you who are merely a tired, old
virgin?" "Oh, the reason for that is that I am certain that I am honest" replied
the virgin. The shepherd had never before heard such wisdom this well
articulated, and after thinking long and hard about it, he died and became
known as the most great shepherd ever to have lived.

The fairy tales had it all wrong. There was no damsel in distress – it had been just you the entire time, being every princess imaginable in the beautiful stories. I know that I haven’t been the most lovable person for you, and I know that I have been more than just infuriating. Thank you for accepting me as I am regardless, my dear. I love you.

I learned through church and made my own assumptions that self-sacrifice, "giving it all to God," is more or less the goal of the Christian life. How much I could give up or deny myself for God became a measure of how good of a Christian I was. To be clear, I definitely think God calls us to deny ourselves and give away many things. However, these callings somehow became skewed in my mind, as the idea that at or near the foundation of these virtues should be an abiding love for oneself was only inferred. Why would you be willing to freely and humbly serve someone else unless you had the confidence that you were worth something—whether or not you served others, whether or not you were a moral person?

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hey fam, we ride together we die together!
cool guys never die!