what choice do we have?

"love anything
i love stuff.

and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
oh no! that's not good.

if you want to make sure of keeping it intact,
i do, i do.

you must give it to no one, not even an animal.
ok... i like ones, and i like animals, but i'm with you.

wrap it carefully round hobbies and little luxuries;
done and done. hello ebay!

avoid all entanglements.
no entanglements for -->this guy<--.

lock it up safe
safe is good.

in the casket or coffin
yecky. why can't i lock it up safe in a non-death-associative safe?

of your own selfishness.
i got that covered.

but
there's a catch? there had to be a catch, didn't there...

in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--
safe good, dark good sometimes, like during movies or sleeping, motionless less good, and airless is definitely bad...

it will change.
i knew it! this can't be good.

it will not be broken.
but this is good.

it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.
also good, good, goo -- wait! i don't like the sound of that last one. i like redeeming things, like coupons or cash prizes or my spiritual being. forget this.

to love is to be vulnerable."
*sigh* who wants that? but i suppose it's worth the risk. maybe.

- c.s. lewis
read the screwtape letters. do it.