unexpected love

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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.

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Love At First Sight

My Darling…
We just met and this magic feeling may not last. With all my being I hope it does! But if this day is all there is I will always be able to say truthfully I know what love at first sight feels like.

By an anonymous and unknown author
1832_1365436170We all want to fall in love. Why?
Because that experience
makes us feel completely alive.
Where every sense is heightened,
every emotion is magnified,
our everyday reality is shattered
and we are flying into the heavens.
It may only last a moment,
an hour, an afternoon.
But that doesn’t diminish its value.
Because we are left with memories
that we treasure
for the rest of our lives.

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So Alive

My Darling…
How you have touched me is beyond my ability to realistically explain. I thought the days when a woman like you might want and need me were past. Then you showed up and awakened my heart and soul. I feel so alive.

American blogger, poet and novelist James Browning
The-Truth-About-Older-Men-Younger-WomenYour kisses
are still fresh
on my lips.
Your touch
echoes on
my skin.
I close my eyes
and see you.
I breathe and
smell you again.

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Finally Home

My Love…
For a long time I was searching, but did not know for what or who. Like a man blinded by darkness I made my way stumbling forward until I ran into you on the sidewalk. Bumping into you literally changed my life.

From “Anna and the French Kiss” by Stephanie Perkins
542665187For
the
two
of
us,
home
isn’t
a place.
It is
a person.
And
we
are
finally
home.

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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.

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This Very Moment

Love…
…caught me by surprise when it arrived; when you arrived. From the first time we met I hoped we’d fall in love. I can’t remember life without you. It feels like I have always known you.

American poet, short story writer and novelist X. Williamson
555837_161141387382258_395987070_nI could
recognize
his soul
in mine
as much as
he could
find me
in his.
Our sole
existences
seemed to
have been
for this very
moment
when nothing
else mattered.

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Two Hearts in Unison

Love…
…is what allows a person to be their most vulnerable with the belief he or she will not get hurt. It’s an almost blind faith that more often than not is undeserved. But when the risk pays off, the angels sing with two hearts in unison.

American author, public speaker and research professor Brene Brown
7019473267_78f33f85f8We cultivate
love when we
allow our most
vulnerable and
powerful selves
to be deeply
seen and known,
and when we
honor the spiritual
connection that
grows from that
offering with trust,
respect,
kindness
and affection.

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Beyond My Control

Love…
…for you has never been something I could hold back. Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was completely beyond my control.

From “The Unsung Love Story” by Cristina Patchett
love-flamesLove
is a
wild
fire
that
cannot
be
contained
by any
mere
element
known
to man.

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He Made Me Love Him

Love…
…can sneak up slowly and be a surprise. We’ve known each other a long time. We’ve become close friends. Being together is so comfortable and easy. I don’t want to mess that up, but am falling in love with you. Should I tell you?

From “Jane Eyre” by English poet and novelist Charlotte Bronte
victorian loveI had not intended
to love him;
the reader knows
I had wrought hard
to extirpate from my soul
the germs of love
there detected; and now,
at the first renewed
view of him,
they spontaneously
revived,
great and strong!
He made me
love him
without looking
at me.

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Now I Believe

Love…
… has my heart singing in harmony with yours. Had someone suggested I’d mellow into such happiness, I’d not have accepted it was possible. Now I believe. Now I’m in love. Now I know joy I never imagined feasible.

French romantic, poet and novelist Victor Hugo
man_singing_to_girlWhat
a grand
thing,
to
be
loved!
What
a grander
thing
still,
to
love!