Hope and Possibility

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Love Makes Life Sweeter

Love…
… between two compatible people can improve happiness and enhance joy; lighten burdens and ease pain; bring solace to disappointment and consolation to failure. Like sugar in tea, love makes life sweeter.

Contemporary American Author of literature & fiction, Jodi Picoult
Love is not an equation,
it is not a contract,
and it is not a happy ending.
Love is the slate under the chalk,
the ground that buildings rise,
and the oxygen in the air.
It is the place you
come back to,
no matter where you’re headed.

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These Things and More

Love…
…is never precisely the same at any two moments. The exact feeling of one hour is not the specific emotion of the next. Love is as inconstant as the sky and like clouds is ever-changing and evolving. Our hearts’ destinies are not within our control but let’s enjoy the journey anyway.

“These Things and More” by James Browning
Love can be as varied as the wind:
a calm and soothing breeze
or a strong and forceful storm,
a warm and soothing stream of air
or an angry and furious hurricane,
a heated gust of passion
or a gentle draft of afterglow.
If time is not found short or hearts lacking,
these things and more we may know.

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A Heart Quietly Inflamed

Love…
…brings hope into one’s heart that is rooted in uncertainty and bound by possibility. The fire in love’s risk dampened by understanding sculpts a heart quietly inflamed.

Taken from “Love Plain and Simple” by Nicole
I get butterflies,
every time,
You look at me,
touch me,
talk to me.
Big cheesy smiles across my face,
You fill that empty place,
Deep in my heart,
Where it has been lonely
for such a long while…

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My World Wasn’t Much

Love…
…when chased, runs; when pushed away, departs; when ignored, vanishes. But when embraced, lives; when held close, grows; when acknowledged, shows itself.

Taken from a poem found on-line – “Gratitude” by ‘xJessibel’
My world wasn’t much,
Not at least till you came along.
Your kind words lifted me up,
You taught me to always be strong.
I can’t promise it will be easy,
I can promise it will be long.
But together… we can make it.
Together we can keep strong.

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“What! You too?”

Love…
…is best when it’s mellowed to be deeper than a relationship’s start when selfish need often dominates. When over time trust, compassion and mutual understanding come together to form a foundation something truly special arrives; a true, honest and loving friendship.

Irish novelist and poet C. S. Lewis
Friendship
is born
at that moment
when one person
says to another:
“What!
You too?
I thought
I was
the only one.”

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Honor Its Coming

Love…
…does not flow at a constant speed. It ebbs and flows in an ever-changing pattern. Like water over rock, time allows love to carve a channel into the heart as you have inscribed mine.

American author, poet and activist Alice Walker
I have learned
not to worry
about love;
But to honor
its coming
with all my heart.

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May Silence Make You Strong

Love…
…means I wish the best for you: the happiness you deserve, the contentment you desire, the peace you need and good health to enjoy them in. May what we share grow ever stronger and live long.

Native American chief, author, poet, and actor, Chief Dan George
May the stars
carry your sadness away,
May the flowers
fill your heart with beauty,
May hope
forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all,
may silence make you strong.

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Like You Did Mine

Love…
…comes when it is least expected and rarely arrives when it is yearned for most. At the time love seems most improbable someone appears and in a sweeping surprise captures your heart; just like you did mine.

By an anonymous/unknown author
Anyone
can catch
your eye, but
it takes
someone
special
to catch
your heart.

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You Are a Flower

I love…
…learning about you and coming to know more fully the person you are. Like a flower one must know you for a long time to see you fully in bloom.

Taken from “Falling in Love” by Freida Martinez
My love
blooms for you
like a flower in spring
like a piece of art
it’s a beautiful thing.
I hold to it gently
and feel its light glow
into my heart.

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Chance to Love Enough

I love…
…that we willingly take on the unsettled times in our relationship and do our best to share with each other what is going on; how we feel; what we need and hope for. It’s not always easy, but we grow by doing it.

American singer, actress, and TV personality, Dinah Shore
Trouble
is a part of your life,
and if you don’t share it,
you don’t give the person
who loves you
enough chance
to love you enough.