love is a feeling, not a decision, surrender to it

i come back to this idea often – we act like the architects of our lives. like we choose to do the things we do. that we engage our reason to work out how to live well. and we can maybe do that a wee bit.

but we don’t decide who to fall in love with, our body tells us it has happened and it is up to us to surrender to our feelings.

likewise, not everyone has to surrender to the life of a poet. but i do.