Jerry Notaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the exact quote from Joni? Something like "We used to call it free love. Now
>we all know better. Nothing is free." Something like that. It struck me when I heard
>her say that considering her Little Green.
>
Count me in as another one who agrees with Joni. And you know, I think that it has
less to do with a "Little Green" than with the maturing understanding that, as
wonderful as love feels, it comes with responsibilities.
Remember that 70's song, "If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right," (ohmigod,
now I am going to have that tune stuck in my head all week!)? With the roots of "free
love" and then today's me centered pop psychology, people forget that love comes with
responsibilties. They get stuck in the "this was meant to be!" and make a beeline for
those heady clouds.
Again, at 42 years old, I am now very certain that love is not free. Sometimes it is
responsibility to yourself, to make sure that your relationship is nurturing to your
heart and soul as well as to your partner. Sometimes it is a responsibility to your
children, to make sure that you are setting a good example of approrpriate
relationships. Sometimes it is responsibility to others, to not go down paths that
wreck havoc on families or individuals. Sometimes it is as simple as having reliable
birth control.
And sometimes it means that the love just exists and you simply cannot act upon it.
MG
