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Two people stood at a fork in the road. To the left, the way of love. To the right, the way of truth.
\n\u201cI will take the way of love,\u201d said the first, \u201cFor surely love, which all people crave, is superior. Through love I will be transformed, through love the world will be saved.\u201d
\n\u201cNo,\u201d said the second. \u201cThe way of truth is superior. How can change come to a person unless one sees oneself clearly? How can the world be changed if it drowns in ignorance?\u201d
\nAnd so they went, each on their own way.<\/strong>
\nMany years later their paths crossed again. Their hair was gray. Their faces were wrinkled. They were stooped with the weight of the sky.
\n\u201cI have walked the path of love,\u201d said the first, \u201cAnd learned that love leads to honesty. For if I truly love someone I must let them see themselves and the world and my own heart clearly. So it is that the way of love has led me here, to the way of truth.\u201d
\n\u201cNot so!\u201d said the second, \u201cFor I have learned that the deepest truth is love. To know something or someone well, to find the complete truth both requires and creates love. So it is that the path of truth leads to the way of love.\u201d
\nRejoicing, they threw their arms around one another and set off on the Way, on a path that had no name but which they walked together.<\/p>\n

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This article was written and first published by Matt Mikalatos on his blog.<\/a> Matt is the author of lots of great books including Good News for a Change: How to Talk to Anyone about Jesus<\/em>. Learn more or read the first chapter here.<\/a>
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