While the works of his hands can stir my heart, there is so much time and space between us that you would laugh if I would claim that Ludwig was my lover. If, this morning, you lack joy and peace and contentment, please consider the possibility that the Lord you admire and know so many facts about is still too remote to be your lover. I do know that each one of those moments can be a connected moment or an unconnected moment and that is your choice. It is a choice not to be taken lightly. Connected moments are those in which we exchange spiritually honest parts of ourselves.
Exchange means to give away and to receive.
So, humans tend to be very careful not to open the connection, unless we have a reason to trust. But, love relationships cannot be built without connected moments. Most of the moments of our lives are unconnected ones in which we exchange only mental, physical, and selected emotional parts of ourselves. It is possible to exchange knowledge, space, opinions, gifts, certain emotions, and even physical contact for years on end without opening that very personal and secret valve that exposes the deep and honest soul within to the exchange of spirit. Unconnected moments are safe, but the relationships they build do not match Jesus description of love.