Posted in Arrival of Love, Imperfection of Love, Risk of Love on February 6, 2013 |
Love…
…is worth everything. Put aside doubt and fear or it can’t get close. Only by fully opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak can love find a way into your heart and make a home there.
American fiction writer author and teacher Erica Jong
Love is everything
it’s cracked up to be.
That’s why people
are so cynical about it.
It really is
worth fighting for,
risking everything for.
And the trouble is,
if you don’t risk
everything,
you risk even more.
Posted in Arrival of Love, Imperfection of Love, Mystery of love, tagged dealing with difficult things, feeling safe in love, love is complicated on January 29, 2013 |
Love…
…is where almost all make mistakes before, if ever, getting it right. Some waste time in a bad relationships. Others marry the wrong person. Some learn what not to do by being mistreated… and so on. Such things are the threshing love does to make us ready.
From “Brushstrokes of a Gadfly” by E.A. Bucchianeri
Falling in love is very real,
but I used to shake my head
when people talked
about soul mates,
poor deluded individuals
grasping at some
supernatural ideal
not intended for mortals
but sounded pretty
in a poetry book.
Then, we met,
and everything changed,
the cynic has
become the converted,
the sceptic,
an ardent zealot.
Posted in Gift of Love, Imperfection of Love, Mystery of love, tagged love expressed simply, love is complicated, many faces of love on January 15, 2013 |
Love…
…is a complicated and compelling mystery; a story everyone wants to have a happy ending. All love brings happiness; some stay happy and many don’t. It is the risk of it all that makes loving and being loved so precious.
From “Lucky” by English Novelist, Jackie Collins
Falling in love is like
getting hit by a truck
and yet not being
mortally wounded;
Just sick to your stomach,
high one minute,
low the next.
Starving hungry
but unable to eat.
Hot, cold, forever horny,
full of hope and enthusiasm,
with momentary depressions
that wipe you out.
Posted in Arrival of Love, Gift of Love, Imperfection of Love, tagged love from a distance, peaceful love, surprise of love on December 20, 2012 |
Love…
…is never, never wasted. It benefits the bearer even when affections are not returned. Life without loving is barely worth living.
American author, motivational speaker and professor Leo F. Buscaglia
Love is always
bestowed
as a gift,
freely,
willingly,
and without
expectation.
We don’t love
to be loved;
we love
to love.
Posted in Being with You, Comfort of being loved, Imperfection of Love, tagged compatibility, easy to be with, friendship on December 10, 2012 |
Love…
…is expressed in the simplest of things like you holding on to my arm closely when you’re scared, frightened or emotional or me putting my hand on your back softly to usher you though a door. All are reminders “you are not alone”.
From “Magical Thinking: True Stories” by Augusten Burroughs
I like flaws
and am most
comfortable
around those
who have them.
I, myself,
am made
up entirely
of flaws,
stitched together
with good intentions.
Posted in Arrival of Love, Imperfection of Love, Mystery of love, tagged compatibility, love is a thousand little things, many faucets of love on November 23, 2012 |
Love…
…can come like a surprising gust of strong wind or may arrive as a familiar soothing and gentle breeze. At its grandest, love feels like both; the desire to have and the desire to give in equal measure; a wish to fully know and be fully known at the same time.
American dancer and actress Joan Crawford
Love
is a fire.
But whether
it is going
to warm
your heart
or burn
down
your house,
you can
never tell.
Posted in Imperfection of Love, Pain of Love, Risk of Love, tagged dealing with difficult things, love and friendship, many faces of love on November 17, 2012 |
Love…
…is a simple complication. Or is it complicatedly simple? If complicated means “difficult to analyze or understand” and simple means “unassuming, unpretentious and sincere”, the love we share is both at the same time.
From “Thirst” by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver
..from the complications
of loving you
I think there
is no end
or return;
no answer,
no coming
out of it;
which is the
only way to love,
isn’t it?
Posted in Imperfection of Love, Mystery of love, Risk of Love, tagged dealing with difficult things, love reawakened, loving the good and bad on November 11, 2012 |
Love…
…overcomes grief and pain, given time. You and I are proof. Years of wandering in the desert of our hearts and souls made ready a fresh space for love to live again.
Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Pablo Neruda
From sorrow
to sorrow
love crosses
its islands
and establishes
roots that
are watered
by weeping.
Posted in Arrival of Love, Imperfection of Love, Mystery of love, tagged love reawakened, many faucets of love, unexpected love on October 3, 2012 |
Love…
…is a bewildering necessity; a sweet dis-ease that is high infectious. When the illness strikes, many victims are glad to be sick and happily bear the affliction life long. Some get cured, but the remedy is the loss of love.
Quote from English author Jacqueline Jill “Jackie” Collins
Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck
and yet not being mortally wounded;
just sick to your stomach,
high one minute, low the next.
Starving hungry but unable to eat;
hot, cold, full of hope and enthusiasm,
with momentary depressions that wipe you out.
It is also not being able to remove the smile
from your face, loving life
with a mad passionate intensity,
and feeling ten years younger.
Posted in Imperfection of Love, Pain of Love, Risk of Love, tagged love is a thousand little things, loving the good and bad, many faucets of love on September 28, 2012 |
Love…
…is one of the strongest things on Earth; it is also one of the most fragile. It lives within a living paradox of lasting and fleeting possibility; overwhelmingly common and exceedingly rare at the same time.
Poet, musician and songwriter John Lennon
Love
is a promise,
love
is a souvenir,
once given,
never forgotten,
never let
it disappear.
