loving the good and bad

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Made Stronger

My Darling…
Love does not always move in a straight line. Sometimes it takes a leap forward or backward when tested. From difficulty love either withers or is made stronger by what is overcome; as we have.

By an anonymous writer / author unknown
Happy coupleEveryone says love hurts,
but that is not true.
Loneliness hurts.
Rejection hurts.
Losing someone hurts.
Envy hurts.
Everyone gets these things
confused with love.
But in reality love
is the only thing
in this world
that covers up
all the pain
and makes someone
feel wonderful again.

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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.

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Without Reservation

My Love…
Without hurry or excess it it is you I have loved best. There have been trials but we bested every one and became stronger for overcoming them. With full consciousness and great gratitude I love you without reservation.

From a book of reflections on love collected by Emily H. Sell
a-sign-of-our-friendship-and-ever-lasting-love-tagaytay-philippines+1152_13583218581-tpfil02aw-17051Love
is a force
that connects us
to every strand
of the universe,
an unconditional
state that
characterizes
human nature,
a form of
knowledge
that is always
there for us
if only we
can open
ourselves to it.

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Till the End of Time

My Darling…
How I feel about you is neither fragile or tentative. My love comes with a certainty that no matter what happens I will always carry you safely in my heart through time eternal.

From the song “Till the End of Time” by Chopin, Kaye and Mossman
643886Till the end of time,
long as stars
are in the blue
Long as
there’s a spring
of birds to sing
I’ll go on
loving you.
Till the end of time,
long as roses
bloom in May
My love for you
will grow deeper
with every
passing day.

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As Long As You Want Me

I get jealous sometimes and do things before I think them through. I don’t dress well or have money in the bank. But I love you as honestly and faithfully as a man can love a woman. Always and forever, I yours for as long as you want me.

19th Century French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo
tumblr_lq2w7ine321qgxib0o1_500The
greatest
happiness
of life is
the conviction
that we are loved;
loved for ourselves,
or
rather
loved
in spite
of ourselves.

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Grateful Beyond Words

Love…
…allowed me to see how unique and special you are; to look inside your heart and know I am safe. Loving you and you loving me has taught what trust, tenderness and true love is. I am grateful beyond words.

French author and Nobel Prize in Literature. Francois Mauriac
fea187ee848546536a2c86c06f7c50acTo
love
someone
is
to
see
a
miracle
invisible
to
others.

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All Depths Possible

Love…
…thrives within. I have seen the best and worst of you and I choose both. Deep and completely, I want to know you to all depths possible and be fully known to you the same way.

Anonymous quote from the heart by an unknown writer
Newly-Married-Couple-Walking-Along-BeachWhat would
it be like
to swing
on a star,
or walk on
a cloud?
Would it be
anything
like what
I feel
whenever
you are near?

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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.

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The Power To Love

Love…
…is a suit of armor for the spirit and a strengthener of will and fortitude. Love amplifies and makes better all that is good and it diminishes and makes the bad easier to bear.

American poet and greeting card producer Susan Polis Schutz
strengthlovegm1This life is yours.
Take the power to choose
what you want to do
and do it well.
Take the power to love
what you want in life
and love it honestly.
Take the power
to walk in the forest
and be a part of nature.
Take the power to control
your own life. No one else
can do it for you.
Take the power
to make your life happy.

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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.