Immanuel Kant:
"act so as to treat people always as ends in themselves, never as mere means".
Everyone is intrinsically valuable; we ought therefore to treat people as having a value all their own rather than merely as useful tools or devices by means of which we can satisfy our own goals or purposes. Other people are valuable not merely insofar as they can serve our purposes; they are also valuable in themselves.
I'm so close to giving myself to you, as my end. I care so much for you, I hold you in the highest regard and value, yet I'm terrified that what I'm feeling is far greater. I guess thats the anxiety of romance - uncertainty of the others desire and need for you. Neurophysicists say that love affects the brain in the same way that drugs do - addiction to those feelings of bliss and panic when uncertainty arises.
You make me feel at ease, happy, not fearful of scrutiny, like I mean something to someone, and best of all you make me smile so much. I'm addicted to that feeling. I want it so much, not knowing when and if I'll get it again is draining me now.
My expectations are muted, but my fear is augmenting. I terrified of getting hurt again, to be led on. I love you and that scares me immensely.
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