A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 69
“Love reminds us that we are strong and weak, and hopelessly dependent, even in our self-sufficiency. It reminds us that we are human.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 69
The walk-through
Love is where our strength and our fragility meet. What Innocent loves — his people, his work — motivates and inspires him, and in the same motion leaves him exposed. Holding both facts at once is what keeps him grounded.
Love also asks for sacrifice. “It’s not always the case that the things and people I love in my life coexist in peace and harmony.” Love for himself sustains his love for life, yet that is the love he sets down when family or work asks more of him.
That is the double edge. Caring about anything brings meaning and confusion together — you treasure it and fear losing it in the same breath. Love returns us to the plain fact of being human: strong, weak, and never as self-sufficient as we imagine.
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