Last night I listened to hear how Sally’s love would be put on hold for the greater good of all. Love, that emotion that is always hungry and never quite fullfilled. Yes in life we have to put priorities before pleasure; however I often wonder about the worth of doing so.

Clearly in the story, saving people’s lives, and the work that needed to be fullfilled was critical – the satisfication gained from giving the opportunity for life is, it seems, more valuable that receiving the pleasures of life in the moment.

I guess that is what it all boils down to, a moment in time. We have many moments in life that we look back on with great happiness and joy; these moments completely fulfill us in the moment and we find ourselves connected to the joys of life.

However, as the conversation turned to remembering how we expressed love to someone special in our lives, I found myself crying tears of grief (once again). For me, the memories of love are only now memories of love lost – for the one I loved passed away too soon and too long ago leaving me with only memories.

I guess these memories are the kind that, as John Melloncamp sings “Hurt so Good.” However, having the one I love taken from me in death, my memories always turn to what could have been. To the What Ifs.

This I have learned, in life we have the opportunity to become vehicles of love’s expression, so needed in today’s world.

Our Human being requires that we have the opportunity to find ourselves in love’s expressions. Then comes the greater understanding of love. That Love is a purpose in and of itself. It is there to connect mankind to their potential to be in harmony with life itself.

Now, having lost love I see that true love is something not to be neglected. True love is never an end in itself, but it becomes the journey of a lifetime that constantly unfolds its beauty through the growth it experiences through the sharing of its expressions.

So it seems that Sally has put the greater good before her personal desires, this too an act of love. Love is bigger than a simple man/woman relationship and when fully realized encompasses life itself.

Did Sally every get the opportunity to fullfill her dreams of Love?, or, where they already fullfilled because of the choices she made?