You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much. ~ Tove Jansson ...
Is just the right amount of admiration love? And if you are in love, and feel that your love for another person grants you freedom, is that wrong? Does that undying need and affection and happiness that burns in your chest when you are in love have anything to do with admiration? You must be your own person and happy based on your own virtues. But if loving another person makes you feel whole, where does that fall? Is admiration a realistic part of love? Or does it move beyond admiration into cooperation and participation in the existence of the one you may otherwise admire? Does admiration rule out participation? Or does there come a point where the admiration is a part of your feelings, but you also feel ownership and contribute to the person you believe so strongly in. Does admiring someone too much mean you don't really love them? Or does it only take away from yourself?
