Love is good will in action.
Love is not selfish.
Love is not time bound.
Love does not manifest itself in guilt trips or power plays.
Love is not conditional.
Love does not require us to compromise our values.
Love does not manipulate.
I believe in love. I believe in happiness that can be felt in your toenails. I have also learned to that sometimes the price is too high. It may have been one of the hardest lessons to learn that not all love is forever.
Last night I watched his brow furrow when he hung up the phone. I hate seeing my friend’s face twisted in knots and come to resent the women in his life that cause it. I want more for him, for everyone as well as for myself. I was left wondering how many of us still believe in love that doesn’t require us to compromise ourselves.
wonderful post!
love requires nothing, not even a belief in it. Love simply is.
requirements are conditions and are not love.
to love is to love. anything else is simply the ego and is not love.
we have a choice in every minute to experience love regardless of everything and everyone around us. we simply have to choose.
rob
August 14th, 2008
I think it can happen, but it’s only after YEARS of hard work, and it is work.
Very. Tough. Work.
Suzy
Suzy
August 14th, 2008
There is this radio shrink talk show hostess and she likes to state “Would you rather be loved or be right?” I always think , can’t I be loved for being right? I believe in love but I rarely see it in action where married couples are involved?
Yoga Gal
August 14th, 2008
I agree with Rob love simply is. I think it also goes back to compassion for the self and others, also the respecting of someone for who they are, which in turn is love. Love is all around us, in us, through us, the other stuff are definitions, constructions we have made in order to understand and explain the world, our lives, etc. Loving others starts with loving ourselves and that is an ongoing process. Very well stated and thought provoking Dawn, excellent!
Lori
August 16th, 2008
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Carnal Zen » Blog Archive » Lost in Translation
August 24th, 2008
For me love is freedom. You don’t have to be exactly like me, but you have to be okay letting me be who I am.
Michelle O'Neil
August 26th, 2008