Lesson 2: Salt and Honey—Embracing the Duality of Love

Reflection: Love offers us both salt (lessons, pain, initiations) and honey (bliss, surrender, sweetness). We cannot separate the two, nor should we wish to. When we embrace both, we taste the full richness of life.

Guided Writing Prompt: Think of a time when love challenged you. What did you learn? Now, recall a moment when love felt effortless, sweet and golden. How do these two experiences shape each other or co-exist in your memory?

Example Poem Starter:
Once, love burned like ___(salt on an open wound)___. Now, it _____(melts on my tongue, honey-dripped and golden).