In the absence of light comes dark, but darkness has no life of it's own. Light is something, but dark is simply the nothing that fills the space when light is gone.
In the absence of heat, cold is ushered in, but cold has no presence; it is simply nothing waiting for heat's return.
When love is gone it leaves a terrible replacement. It is not hate, because hatred is a targeted, active passion that can co-exist with love in the same life. Love's vacuum is filled with indifference. Indifference will not share the room with love. Love wants to act; indifference wants to lie down. Love wants to rescue; indifference turns the channel. Love demands selflessness; indifference cares for no one enough to call the "self" away from it's own pursuits. Indifference, not hatred, would destroy humanity in a short season if love were completely removed from the earth.
"Enter the Worship Circle" Ben Pasley
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