Gandalf the Wise – Keep it Secret

Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson

Sometimes we want to hide ourselves away. Love can hurt, and it most certainly will. It requires trust – it requires faith in another person (and many of us have lost our desire to put our faith there of all places).

I think that’s why I love C.S. Lewis’ take on how we respond to heartbreak, and as he was most certainly good friends with Gandalf the Grey, it’s only fair to let him tell us what he thinks about Gandalf’s idea to keep it secret:

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”

I don’t know where you’re at today, but I certainly hope you can start letting your heart get some sunshine today.

In a purely figurative sense. Direct sunlight is notoriously bad for hearts.

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