Loving without fear

Again I am back to the topic of love and loving. We all know the poem about love being patient, kind etc. However, is love fearful? Sometimes it is. Sometimes the fear of losing the person we love is so intense that we are afraid to show that person how much they mean to us. We act out against them, we hide our feelings, we shy away, we push away. But we should love fearlessly. The way Radha loved Krishna. Her love is always an example to me about the purity and selflessness and fearlessness of love. Her love was pure and she never expected anything from Kanha. Recently I read a story that said that when He was sick the only cure was the washing water (of feet) of the person who loved Him. Many gopis were asked and all refused because giving Him their feet-washing water to drink was considered a sin. However, she willingly agreed to help Him to feel better and did not fear the consequences of that. In the end she never married Him but we still revere her because she loved Him so intensely, so purely and so truly. Her love was without fear because He gave her the strength she needed. Let us all love as fearlessly as she did but let us do so while asking for His guidance. Jai Shri Krishna!