Paul C. Brunson

I think it's something that's just beautiful to us and we run to it.

We just want it so bad because something in us

wants this thing.

We want this connection.

I think it's the most lovely thing that we just keep trying.

And we're so human.

We're so human that we fail so consistently at this thing through our own weakness and short-sightedness.

And I think there's something really beautiful about that.

I just think there's something really beautiful about our desire to love and to be loved.

Because I think...

I think our greatest fear is that we're not worthy of love.

I think our greatest fear is that if someone knew us, they wouldn't love us.

I think we are...

I think we are doing what we do as a culture, which is we overcorrect.

So I think for a period of time, the marriage rate was down, the divorce rate was up.

Now I'm seeing a lot of resurgence of traditional religion and traditional gender roles.

So I think we're going to roll in the other direction all of a sudden, and there's going to be more people getting married, fewer people getting divorced, more rigidity of gender roles.

And then I think once again, we'll overcorrect in the other direction.

Like I've lived through as a 53 year old man, I've watched this pendulum swing a few times.

And for some reason, we just can't get ourselves into the middle.