Believing in Our Dreams

My Darling…
I am frequently filled with love more so than ever before. I care so much it scares me. It’s unimaginable now to even consider going on without you. So when I’m afraid I will push myself through my fear by believing in you and our dreams.

Canadian author, journalist and editor Merle Shain
5033861891_b2a1e776fbLoving can
cost a lot
but not loving
always costs more,
and those who
fear to love
often find that
want of love
is an emptiness
that robs
the joy
from life.

Where I Learned

Sweetheart…
For so long I was not wise enough, nor open enough to have let you in. Even two years ago I would not have opened my heart to you. All that came before you was simply the classroom where I learned how to love you.

Behavioral Scientist and Motivational Psychologiat Steve Maraboli
2jbrwaxBeing
with
you
today
is
worth
all
the
broken
hearts
of
yesterday.

Worth the Risk

My Love…
You have a colorful past and were known to be ‘wild’. It’s taken a while but I believe it when you say you’re past all that. The only way to know for sure is to believe in you and hope for the best. You’re worth the risk.

American novelist, short story writer and painter William S. Burroughs
I-believe-in-youThere is no intensity
of love or feeling
that does not involve
the risk of
crippling hurt.
It is a duty to
take this risk,
to love and feel
without defense
or reserve.

A Secret

My Love…
Our eyes connecting for only a moment gives my mind a hundred reasons to believe in the future. A touch of your hand lights up my physical being to a level beyond words. Love has found me. I had given up it ever could again.

By an unknown writer/anonymous
il_340x270_256457125There’s
a secret
word to
which
the doors
of my
heart
are
always
open.
It’s
your
name

Fade Into the Past

My Love…
Damage can’t be undone and words spoken can not be retracted. However, I believe like wind strengthens the roots of a tree so it can stand strong, we’ll be stronger if we can let the misplaced emotions fade into the past.

Taken from a greeting card by “American Greeting”
Yman-with-rose-at-doorou give
meaning
to my life.
I can not
imagine
living
without
you.
You fill
my heart
with
happiness
and
hope
for a
wonderful
future
together.
You are
the love
of my
life.

I Can Do That

My Darling,
Like a thief, silent in the night, you broke me open and stole my heart. My sentence is to love you kindly, tenderly and passionately with understanding and honesty. I can do that.

From the song “Love You Like Crazy” by Mysteryman
m7UzsH5D27Vlim1CdeSjykQIt’s no small thing that I feel,
It’s true and deep and real.
So easy it was for you to steal
My heart; This is the real deal.
I love you like crazy,
I’m so high on you.
I love you like crazy,
I’m mad about you.
I love you like crazy,
I’m alive with you.

Best Friend I Have Ever Had

My Love…
You’ve been understanding when no one else could. When times are tough you stand firm beside me. You laugh with me and cry with me; my sweet lover; my dedicated partner; the best friend I’ve ever had.

American romance fiction writer Eveli Acosta
598-CoupleWalkSpringDay_220w_tnThere wasn’t
love at
first sight as
I always
believed
there to be.
It crept and
overpowered me.
Once I
was in
its power,
it was the
most amazing
feeling in
the world.

So Far

My Love…
We were sitting, talking and watching the storm when I realized what had happened. In the few weeks we have known each other I had one millimeter at a time fallen in love with you. That was the most incredible moment of my life so far.

American poet and romance fiction writer Coco J. Ginger
Night-Lightning-Supercell-Kansas-Storm EDITIt is in
this darkness
that I have
found all
light…
somehow
become
so bright…
a shooting star
on a stormy night.

Few Have Seen

Love…
…of a common sort is frequently discovered by those who settle for less than their heart’s desire. I waited, but fear moved in as I aged. When I was about ready to settle for an ordinary love, you stepped into my life.

17th-century French writer Francois de la Rochefoucauld
1211p96-penny-mTrue
love
is
like
ghosts,
which
everyone
talks
about
and
few
have
seen.

Love Spoken

Love…
…spoken as a child was “I like you”; as teenager as “love ya”; in the 20’s with “I love you”; when 30-something “I love you with all I am”; middle-aged 40’s as “I will always love you” and now in my 50’s I say “I love you even though you’re no longer here”.

German psychologist and philosopher, Erich Fromm
Elaine_Mesker-Garcia_heart_shadowImmature
love
says
“I love you
because
I need you.”
Mature
love
says
“I need you
because
I love you.