The Beginning of Forever

Love…
…is never more beautiful that at the marriage ceremony of two happy and compatible people deeply in love. It is the beginning of the “forever” both are risking their dreams for.

Madame De Favras to De Favras January 14, 1790
marriage 01 editMy heart
is intoxicated
with its love
for you.
Never has
anyone loved
as I love you;
and I repeat to you,
with rapture,
that I will devote
each moment
of my life
to prove
my affection.

Transformed

Love…
…changes every person it touches. Whether for a long time or only for a little while, knowing love takes the soul to a new place it can never completely return from.

Swiss psychotherapist and psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung
eye contactThe meeting
of two
personalities
is like
the contact
of two chemical
substances:
if there is
any reaction,
both are
transformed.

From Top to Bottom

Love…
…enriches the soul and powers the heart with a stronger beat. From top to bottom, it hollows out a person to make room for itself. Whether high or low, love brings a depth of feeling known no other way.

American Teacher, Writer and Recovery Leader Karen Casey
_Lovers-in-a-Dangerous-Time-Directed-by-Mark-Hug-and-May-Charters-Truly loving
another means
letting go
of all
expectations.
It means
full
acceptance,
even
celebration
of another’s
personhood.

The Universal Language

Love…
…cares nothing about boundaries that countries claim or the politics of nations. Though the words to express it are different, the power of love is the same in every tongue. It is the universal language.

Old Hindu proverb from the Indian subcontinent
asian-woman-black-man-mirror-couple-kiss-story-topLove
heeds
not caste,
nor sleep
a broken
bed.
I went
in search
of love
and
lost
myself
instead.

Full Acceptance

Love…
…drives me to know only the person you truly are. Please do not change because you think you need to. It is the height and depth of the real you that I want in my heart; nothing else.

American teacher and writer Karen Casey, Ph.D.
602385_489351461110281_575785894_nTruly
loving
another
means
letting go
of all
expectations.
It means
full acceptance,
even celebration
of another’s
personhood.

Lovely To Be Silly

Love…
…to be happiest should have qualities that allow lovers to be foolish and silly like small children playing joyfully together without inhibition. The openness to naturally “be” without any worry about how each is perceiving the other: that’s true love.

Roman lyric poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
couple6Mix
a little
foolishness
with your
serious plans.
It is lovely
to be silly
at the
right
moment.

Must Have Some Thorns

Love…
…has ups and downs. If it doesn’t and is always the same then what is present is not love. Within difficulty it is the strength of the shared good times that makes love more durable and flexible.

Beautiful quote by an unidentified writer
red-rose-thornA life
filled
with love
must have
some thorns;
but a life
empty
of love
will have
no roses.

An Unnecessary Question

Love…
…had has stirred our spirits together and connected us at the heart. For how long is an unnecessary question, for once combined we can never be completely separated.

American author of young adult literature Carolyn Mackler
I love
being
reminded
that existence
itself is
all about
the tangling
of souls.

A Detailed Witness to the Others Life

Love…
…is getting photos from you on a far away holiday and reading the words of excitement you have in sharing them with me. One of the best things about loving and being loved is each becomes a witness to the details of the others life.

Author, Artist and Singer-Songwriter Kelli Jae Baeli
The trust and longevity
of a relationship
between two individuals
is established through time
and learning each other,
and discovering a harmony
at the core of their connection.
And it becomes powerful
because of where it resides;
at the center of who we are;
the very essence of our being.

Beautiful Mysteries

Love…
… arrives with beautiful mysteries; “Have I somehow known you before? How else can the uncommon familiarity I feel with you be possible? Is the familiar I see in you a reflection of me in you or you in me?” The heart knows secrets it never fully reveals.

American author Maggie Stiefvater
You’re like
a song
that I heard
when I was
a little kid
but forgot
I knew
until I
heard
it again.