Love in Danger by Michelle McMahan

I have lived fraught with anxiety over the world’s dangers, fearful that those I love might experience sorrow, despair, or pain. Fear of unassured outcomes drives me into protectionism, which ends in isolation.

Loving in a dangerous world takes courage. Love compels us out of the safe room, to offer tangible goodness and hope to the world.

It seems to me that love is meaning. To retreat in fear distances us from purpose. To live a meaningful life requires us to live for others, to be safe people for them, to love with our souls and all we’ve got—in a world of ever-encompassing danger.

And what if we withdraw?

Will love be in danger of vanishing?

And if our world is devoid of love, what will remain? - Michelle McMahan