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Humble:
1. To curtail or destroy the pride of;
humiliate.
2. To cause to be meek or modest in spirit.
3. To give a lower condition or station to; abase.
It is widely believed that the
opposite of love is hate, or perhaps mere indifference. But
some of us hold a different view entirely; we believe that it
is pride which most often comes between a woman and her love.
The female, as a rule, is born
with a vast and glorious capacity for adoration and worship,
yet in today's Western society she is denied many of the
chances to display it. From early childhood on, she stifles
her instinct, hiding it behind a mask of indifference that can
unfortunately become all too real.
But who can blame her? From
mother to teacher to girlfriend, to the very books and
magazines she reads, a woman is bombarded on all sides by the
admonition that she is to remain her own person, that she must
never allow her feelings to be used to lower her...that she
must, above all, hold on to her pride. But what no one seems
to want to admit is that pride is a poor substitute for the
happiness derived from simple acceptance of what lies within
our own natures, and submission to the will of another.
Who, when asked to truly think
on the matter, would choose a life shaped by the focus on
one's own desires and self-image, when that life comes at the
cost of love? For that is exactly a woman's dilemma. We go our
way, always searching for the One who will make us whole, the
One who will understand us utterly, yet our early training
hampers us so that even once we have found that person, we
cannot bear to let him inside our minds. Our pride—or, more
accurately, our fear—holds us apart. And so even the closest
"socially acceptable" relationship leaves us dissatisfied,
with the constant, gnawing suspicion that somewhere,
there is more.
Indeed there is. And all it
costs is pride—an emotion whose burden is only seen with true
clarity once we free ourselves of it.
How many of you have been hurt
or thrust aside by someone you only wanted to love? Have you
ever offered your heart, mind and body—everything you are—only
to have that gift refused because its intended recipient was
overwhelmed or put off by the intensity of your feelings? Even
worse, have you refrained from making the offer, out of fear
that you would be laughed at, or thought strange for wanting
to give so freely?
It doesn't have to be that way.
Imagine a life in which you need not censor your submissive
feelings—a life in which you may place your loved one above
yourself in importance and be praised for your devotion.
Imagine having the ability to speak and act in a way designed
to please another, without fear of being thought silly or
overly emotional. Imagine your love and desire to serve not
just being okay, but right.
This is what we are working to
make an accepted reality for every woman who feels the need to
submit—a life of authentic, joyful surrender and adoration.
This website is a combination of articles, community
participation and internet resources we hope will help enrich
and inspire both sexes.
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