Strong, Resilient and Lasting

My Darling…
There have been days I wondered if we could stay together. However, once emotions settled after every fight we both realized how much bigger our love was than what was going on. What we share is strong, resilient and lasting.

Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso most known “Ovid”
disagreementLove is
a driver,
bitter
and fierce
if you
fight
and
resist
him,
Easy-going
enough
once you
acknowledge
his power.

Love Shapes Our World

My Love…
We’ve enjoyed happy days and gotten through unhappy ones. Each good time builds more sky above for our hopes to soar in. Each difficulty makes the earth firmer to hold us up when we struggle. Our love shapes our world.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso
support editThe
more
you
are
motivated
by
love,
the
more
fearless
and
free
your
actions
will
be.

All that Came Before

My Darling…
Too often heartache has been my companion. I know its sorrow well. The will to love almost left me completely, but then you came along to show me all that came before was to prepare me to love you as deeply as I do.

Taken from http://sayingimages.com/love-quotes
str-ly_com_1366667325_954Everyone says
that loves hurts,
but that’s not true.
Loneliness hurts.
Rejection hurts.
Losing someone hurts.
Everyone confuses
these things with love
but in reality,
love is the only thing
in this world
that covers up
all the pain
and makes us feel
wonderful again.

Sacrifice, Determination and Kindness

My Love…
Only with understanding and forgiveness have you and I found the grace of the deep love we share. We both almost gave up in the early days, but we persevered. Love started it all, but sacrifice, determination and kindness kept us together.

From “Juliet Immortal” by writer and actress Stacey Jay
Editorial2_4 LLD three editReal love has little to do
with falling.
It’s a climb up the rocky face
of a mountain, hard work,
and most people are too selfish
or too scared to bother.
Very few reach the critical point
in their relationship that summons
the attention of the light
and the dark, that place
where they will
make a commitment
to love
no matter
what obstacles
or temptations
appear in their path.

No Matter How Painful

Love…
…remains deep and true. For you I would give up my future and even my life without hesitation. Through your illness I will stand by you, be with you and hold you. Nothing can take me away from you… NOTHING.

From “Dear John” by American novelist Nicholas Sparks.

through it allI finally
understood
what true
love meant.
…love meant that
you care for
another person’s
happiness more
than your own,
no matter how
painful
the choices
you face
might be.

My Heart Became Tuned

Love…
… teaches difficult lessons. Had love only found me once before, I would not have been adequately taught how to love you to the best of my ability. It was in loving and losing, in trial and failure that my heart became tuned to love you at its best.

From the book “Hai Darling” by Badrul Hisham Shari

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stretches
your
heart
and
makes
you
big
inside.

What I Want

Love…
…survives in spite of famine, tragedy and illness. When life is most challenging what is in the heart is spilled forth in the greatest measure. Love is neither remedy nor cure, but makes bitter medicine easier to swallow.

From the novel “Today Only” by American author D. Love
imagesCA3H0YPHWhat I want
from you
is simple.
I want
today only.
If it’s laughter,
I want it.
If it’s pain,
I want it.
Whatever
today holds,
as long as
the day
holds you,
I want it.

What We Should Have Done

Love…
…. is always good, no matter how much we may end up hurt by it. From each heartbreak, large and small, come the lessons for the heart. Often we learn what we should have done from doing what we should not have done.

Blogger and spiritual seeker James Browning
5283_1249247960EDITAll the others were
to make me ready for you.
I had to learn
what did not make me happy.
I had to learn
how I made them unhappy.
One by one
they came and went,
teaching me
how to recognize you
when you come into my life.
I’m waiting…

Strengthens A Loving Heart

Love…
…shows a profoundly innate quality when the heart grants forgiveness. It is usually the difference between the death of love or its rebirth. Forgiveness strengthens a loving heart.

Australian poet, playwright and novelist Alison Croggon
heartbeatWe are all
mistaken
sometimes;
sometimes we do
wrong things,
things that have
bad consequences.
But it does not
mean we are evil,
or that we cannot
be trusted
ever afterward.

Eternally Filled With Gladness

Love…
…is never the real reason for sorrow and unhappiness. Love itself is always pure, without corruption and eternally filled with gladness. It is only human thought, feeling and action that can make love into anything else.

American author and motivation speaker Leo Buscaglia
1014219.largeLove is always
bestowed
as a gift;
freely,
willingly,
and without
expectation…
We don’t love
to be loved;
we love to love.