I can’t make you love me: Josh Kaufman

Most people know about my obsession with “The Voice” and other competitions that come on for free on Hulu or other sources. But beyond that…this song is so fitting to so much of my life. It is the lesson that I have learned in romantic/platonic relationships. So I am learning to live with the uncertain. If the person loves me…I’ll be able to know. I don’t think that we should fight to be loved. To keep it, that’s another story.

On this journey of discerning God’s call for me in my life, I am learning to accept that God loves me—and recently my therapist said, if you don’t love yourself, how will you be able to accept God’s love. So if know one has told you today–maybe that person you have your eye on can’t or doesn’t or won’t or maybe they won’t/can’t/haven’t loved you the way you want to be or the way you deserve to be. Maybe, but the lesson I am working on, the love I go to bed with at night from those who have chosen to leap and let me know, that is the most important. I can no longer sit pining for what should or could be and while the feeling of unfulfilled yearning can be an addictive moment, it doesn’t have to rule/end/replace aspects of my life.
And lastly, home boy can SING!!!!! He has some very vulnerable moments that make you stop and understand exactly what he’s emoting and that is always an amazing thing

Published by Tamara Plummer

Love God. Love Community. Love Creation. Working on my relationship with Church and humanity.

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