No two sacrifices are the same.
The definition of sacrifice is “the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone,” according to Mariam-Webster Dictionary.
There are many types of sacrifices. There are religious sacrifices, sacrifices for the good of others or sacrifices that help lead you to a better life, etc.
There is no easy way to get to the result of a sacrifice. To get a Purple Heart, you have to sustain an injury or death by enemy hands in sacrifice for your country. For a Muslim to complete a pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city according to their religion, they have to make a great religious sacrifice.
Sacrifices can’t be passed on to one another. No, Donald Trump, people can’t just pass of a Purple Heart, and it mean the same thing after you were deferred four times. If you are doing some kind of conditioning for a religious sacrifice, other people can’t do it for you and it mean the same thing.
Everyone may look at you like you are insane because you are going to great lengths to make a sacrifice, but it is not their judgement call to make.
One of the greatest rewards of a sacrifice is True Love.
True Love is not something that everyone will experience in their lives. There is no way to explain what it feels like. There is no way to put it in words.
But True Love comes with the greatest sacrifice. There are a lot of hard days, but that doesn’t mean that all of them are difficult. You have to work through all of the struggles that arise together. There is nothing that the two of you cannot tackle together.
And it may seem like every single odd is against you, but you know that you are heading the right direction in life when you come across a difficult Boss.
And just like sacrifices are different between the people giving the sacrifice, even if it is for the same common goal, no two people’s personal definition of True Love is the same.
According to the movie Love Story, the definition of True Love is never having to say that you’re sorry, but I would have to disagree.
True Love doesn’t excuse people from having to apologize, but I believe it makes the forgiving process so much easier, since you understand each other on a higher level.
And True Love doesn’t just apply to your significant other. That loved gets passed down unto your children and then their children after them, assuming they are able to find the True Love that you were able to find. They may have to struggle to achieve that, but you can speak from experience and help support them so that they can be as happy and peaceful as you are with both them and your significant other.
And even if you haven’t found True Love, you can’t give up hope. But you also can’t judge others for the love that they have found.
Matthew 7:1-2
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
