Arena Of Love

"The arena of love doesn't make us want to fight, it's an exercise in stamina. How many punches can we avoid when love is the ultimate prize? We are not fighting with another person, we are only fighting for our right to be loved the way we want to be loved. We're giving that person a chance to love us on our terms.

We can try to love unconditionally, but for all intents and purposes, conditions become attached regardless, thus the struggle ensues. Do we love that person more than we love ourself? Do we want the best for that person as we want the best for ourself?

We love the other person as we love ourself - loving the roses and the thorns - the cliffs and the crags - the tremors and the stillness - that is the real beauty of loving - learning that the fight doesn't mean to throw our hands up, but to put our gloves down and stay in the ring. Fight for love 'til your last breath meets your first breath."

~Alexys Fairfield

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House Of Cards

"Life is a house of cards. We spend a lot of time building it, making it stand to withstand the elements, fortifying the structure, constructing it deeper, wider and higher. Then with the snap of a finger, it comes tumbling down. You have to decide how to scrape yourself off and reconstruct or stay six feet underground. Life is a delicate balance of getting in muddy waters and washing ourselves off. Life is about standing and life is about falling and at no time shall we just sit back and take it. We're either standing or falling, there is no in between."


~Alexys Fairfield

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