THE MESSAGE:
MY MOM USED TO SAY: "Guarda innanzi che tu salti." (LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP). But.............. I wish!
TRUE LOVE is the greatest of all gifts. It always occurs in the here and now and makes no allowance for what can or will happen in the future. It is rooted in one's early development, and its capacity to expand is nurtured by caring family and friends. It is a sad reality that true love is unavailable to many individuals for many reasons.
In relationships the path ahead may not be smooth. Avoiding the pitfalls may not be simple. Distractions are numerous and false leads are perilous. When one stumbles the truly gifted lover steps up with selfless communication, understanding, support and forgiveness.
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| TRUE LOVE IS TRUE HAPPINESS |
THIS FROM SANDY LALANDE OF MICHIGAN.
LOVE ISN'T PRACTICAL.
It isn't meant to be easy. It doesn't appear on command. It doesn't let you fall for whomever you like. It surfaces neither at the most opportune moment nor at the most convenient time. It'll pair you with someone you might never have expected. It'll put you face to face with endless obstacles. But in the end, none of that will matter because it's how you overcome its obstacles that will define your love. It may not be practical, but love is ultimately the best thing that will ever happen to you.
I BELIEVE. ELTON JOHN
I believe in love, it's all we got
Love has no boundaries, no borders to cross
love is simple hate breeds
Those who think difference is the child of disease
Father and son make love and guns
Families together kill someone
Without love, I believe in love
In anything that lives and breathes
Without love I'd have no anger
I wouldn't believe in the right to stand here
Without love I wouldn't believe
I couldn't believe in you
And I wouldn't believe in me
Without love
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in love
EGO
One's ego is not capable of accepting the 'now'. As a result it opposes the concept of true love. The ego says this is not good enough; there is something better yet to come. The ego makes decisions on relationships based on its 'needs'.
COMMITMENT
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| I AM YOURS.... FOR NOW AND ALWAYS |
REALITY?
NEED sees relationships as providing the ego with many of the practical things it values, sex, security, affection, companionship, support, and help. Relationships for these reasons often end up with individuals discovering love. This is how life draws people away from the ego and into true love. Sometimes relationships cannot overcome the ego with tragic results.
A YOUTH'S PERSPECTIVE
By Lauren Coles -Phoenix, AZ
The best connections I've made in college happened at 2 a.m. over delicious almost-food from a fast food outlet. When all the conventions of a date are gone, you're left with the person. Everything about him is laid out for you to see. Is he anxiety-prone? Is he funny? Is he as good a procrastinator as you? No matter what you find, you know it's real.
This, for me, is romance. Once you eliminate the formality, the dressy clothes, and the overpowering Axe body spray, you find something honest. Something thoughtful. When a boy brought me take-out from Pita Jungle after I had a bad day, I was touched. It meant that he had listened to me, both about my obsession with their hummus and about how bad my day had been. He cared enough to go out of his way to do something personal and helpful for me. I also got to eat take-out in my pajamas, which is pretty much the best thing ever. When that same boy made me waffles because he knows how much I love them, I fell in love then and there.
CONFLICT
Disagreements in a relationship are not only normal but, if constructively resolved, actually strengthen the relationship. It is inevitable that there will be times of sadness, tension, or outright anger between partners. The source of these problems may lie in unrealistic or unreasonable demands, unexplored expectations, or unresolved issues/behaviors in one partner or in the relationship. Resolving conflicts requires honesty, a willingness to consider your partner's perspective even if you don't fully understand it, and lots of communication.
AIDAN CHAMBERS
“Love, being in love, isn’t a constant thing. It doesn’t always flow at the same strength. It’s not always like a river in flood. It’s more like the sea. It has tides, it ebbs and flows. The thing is, when love is real, whether it’s ebbing or flowing, it’s always there, it never goes away. And that’s the only proof you can have that it is real, and not just a crush or an infatuation or a passing fancy.”
QUOTE:
"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."-Bruce Lee
LAURELS TO: ROBERT AND ELIZABETH BROWNING
Few literary couples can conjure up the image of the love affair created by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Elizabeth suffered a severe spinal injury at age 15, causing her to be confined to bed. To fill the time, she began seriously writing poetry something she had started as a hobby at the tender age of 13. In 1844, she published her first complete book entitled Poems. Her work impressed another poet by the name of Robert Browning. He corresponded with Elizabeth and they began a courtship by mail. Eventually they met and fell in love, becoming engaged in 1845. However, the opposition of their union from Elizabeth's father forced them to elope in 1846. They eventually fled to Italy where they lived and worked for 15 years. Their own long romance and the many poems written to one another inspired a great deal of their combined work. Upon Elizabeth's death in 1861, Browning returned to England where he continued to work until his own death in 1889.
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