Love and Freedom - What is more important?

The two most precious things in the world are love and freedom.
Without freedom life would be meaningless,
and without love the world would become careless and apathetic.

Yet, the nature of these two are apparently at loggerheads with each other.
Love wants to control. Freedom releases. Love wants to protect.
Freedom is about taking risks. Love is almost totalitarian.
Freedom gives us independence.

Still we long for both love and freedom.
The desire to be loved is as deep rooted in us as the desire
to be free from all shackles.

It seems that the love that we receive during our childhood
lasts as long as we are young. As adults we continue to desire
the love we received earlier. This could be the cause of our wanting
to engage in similar relations with the opposite sex.
There if of course physical attraction as well.
But the love aspect seems to be a continuation of the childhood past.
What else could form its model than what one is already familiar with?

If only love and freedom can be combined in
compatible proportions, we can live much happier lives.

05/26/2006