Welcome and warning
This book is about asking more of love than we’ve ever asked…
So we can fight for ourselves like never before.
But it starts in a very dark place, so I want to give you a warning.
Love with Fight is not for everyone. Some marketers say this kind of thing as a gimmick, but I really mean it. I believe it’s too late for us to save ourselves, so I talk openly and frankly about the death of hope. Please do not underestimate how painful that death can be.
What matters most is that you take very good care of yourself as you read. Pace yourself. Take time out when you need to. Read with a friend so neither of you has to take this journey alone. And if you need to quit reading altogether, please do that, please quit.
I’ve written this for people who are hurting in a special way. It’s for you if…
You’ve put your heart into saving the world and gotten your heart broken.
It’s for you if…
You no longer believe in hope, and don’t want it back, but you refuse, absolutely refuse, to surrender to despair.
This is not a how-to. It’s not a pep talk. I don’t have ten easy steps for dealing with the death of hope. This is a book of nurturance. It’s about deepening your tenderness to strengthen your fight.
My message is dark but it’s not one of defeat, because love does not depend on hope and activism does not depend on hope. You get to keep on living by what’s deepest in your heart no matter what.
