Onlookers See

Love…
…is easily seen, or the lack of it noticed, by anyone who watches a couple interact. Oblivious of anyone looking a couple shows them self truly to the other and to anyone who observes them from nearby.

English playwright and novelist William Somerset Maugham
We are not the same persons
this year as last;
nor are those we love.
It is a happy chance if we,
changing,
continue to love
a changed person.

One True Loving Human Soul

Love…
…is said loudly in your quiet words: I was awakened early with the thunder and lightning and smiling, not because it probably woke you up, but smiling because I imagined we were both lying still, listening…

English writer Mary Anne Evans – pen name George Eliot
Blessed
is the
influence
of one true,
loving
human
soul
on
another.

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.

Irrelevant and Unmeasured

Love…
…is expressed most fully through the senses. I know it’s meaning well when we hesitate for a long hug when time becomes irrelevant and unmeasured.

“Love Is” by James Browning
Love is intangible,
yet substantial.
Love is invisible,
yet invincible.
Love is mysterious,
yet absolute reality.
Love is unnecessary,
yet there is no life without it.
Through my heart’s fascination with you
the breadth and pinnacle of love
unfolds in ways before unknown.