Everyone makes sacrifices when the time comes; for the sake of the one they love, from the things they love… To be able to sacrifice what you love for the sake of the one you love requires that the beloved be loved above all else.

Otherwise, who could sacrifice what they love for anyone or anything else…

Sacrifice is an effort to draw closer to the beloved, by giving up something you love for their sake…

Who would turn away from you when you prove that you are willing and able to sacrifice what you love most for them?

Who would be ungrateful to you as you strive to draw closer to them?

Who would distance themselves from you when they know you are indispensable?

Who could accept your effort to draw closer by drawing closer to you?

Whose power is sufficient for this?

Whose mercy is sufficient for this?

Which human being can bear the burden of being indispensable?

Which human being remains uncorrupted even when you merely imply that you are willing to sacrifice everything for them?

Which human being does not distance themselves from you not only when you sacrifice everything for them, but even when they merely know that you are capable of doing so?

Everyone sacrifices for their beloved when the time comes…

Sacrifice is an effort to draw closer to the one you love…

So, whom have I sought to draw closer to all this time?

And what have I sacrificed to be accepted into the closeness of the one I love?

What have I not sacrificed…

Some sacrifices distance you from your true self…

There is a sacrifice that brings you closer to what you need to draw closer to…