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Defining Love

"love is, what you want it to be" ??? yes, no ... my bad I had to say it, though there is truth in those words :)
 
Originally posted by MysteriousRomantic
I think this says alot also,





THE MAYONNAISE JAR AND COFFEE

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the coffee...

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.


"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.

The sand is everything else - the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."

Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."


Please share this with someone you care about.


--
It takes the best in each of us to bring out the best in all of us.
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This was awesome and oh so true. I had a hard time deciding to print first or post a reply to it first! Thank you for sharing it! (I printed first btw) :D
 
Good Morning everyone! :rose:

DirkPryde- I agree with you on your thought.

Have a good morning- be back later
 
Good morning, Miss I, and everyone else who likes to frequent this thread.

And, since it's Friday and for unknown reasons my mind tends to drift into a questioning mode on Fridays, I have a thought and question for you.

If you've paid any attention to this thread at all recently, you know that I have been hit by the lightning storm of love. And I am aglow with the results. It's a truly extraordinary experience and I'm not at all ashamed to say that my day begins and ends with thoughts of my beloved. Still, there is this question that formed recently and I am interested in your thoughts on how you would approach answering it for yourselves.

Why do you love your beloved? It's easy (more or less, I guess) to tell how you love your beloved. After all, if you allow her to take hold of your consciousness from morning to night and you try every day to make her life brighter, then you can see how you're going about loving her. But the analyst in me always wants to know why.

How does one answer that question? I said yesterday that I don't know the answer and yet I find myself trying nonetheless to come up with one (or many, as needed). I will not be satisfied by concluding that the answer is unknowable, for that just can't be. Surely something or many things about your beloved are obvious sources of attraction and reasons for admiring her, for liking her, for desiring her. It may be relatively simple to determine the features and personality characteristics that are appealing. But how does one dig into the soul and find the source of that attraction that pulls your soul to hers? That, I think, is where I want to go on this journey of discovery.

Anyone care to come along, perhaps by making your own search at the same time? Or would anyone like to suggest ways to succeed in this? As always, I am open to ideas, suggestions, even a few catcalls if that's what's needed.
 
midwestyankee said:
Good morning, Miss I, and everyone else who likes to frequent this thread.

And, since it's Friday and for unknown reasons my mind tends to drift into a questioning mode on Fridays, I have a thought and question for you.

If you've paid any attention to this thread at all recently, you know that I have been hit by the lightning storm of love. And I am aglow with the results. It's a truly extraordinary experience and I'm not at all ashamed to say that my day begins and ends with thoughts of my beloved. Still, there is this question that formed recently and I am interested in your thoughts on how you would approach answering it for yourselves.

Why do you love your beloved? It's easy (more or less, I guess) to tell how you love your beloved. After all, if you allow her to take hold of your consciousness from morning to night and you try every day to make her life brighter, then you can see how you're going about loving her. But the analyst in me always wants to know why.

How does one answer that question? I said yesterday that I don't know the answer and yet I find myself trying nonetheless to come up with one (or many, as needed). I will not be satisfied by concluding that the answer is unknowable, for that just can't be. Surely something or many things about your beloved are obvious sources of attraction and reasons for admiring her, for liking her, for desiring her. It may be relatively simple to determine the features and personality characteristics that are appealing. But how does one dig into the soul and find the source of that attraction that pulls your soul to hers? That, I think, is where I want to go on this journey of discovery.

Anyone care to come along, perhaps by making your own search at the same time? Or would anyone like to suggest ways to succeed in this? As always, I am open to ideas, suggestions, even a few catcalls if that's what's needed.
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I'm not sure what it is that attracts me so much to the one who holds the key to my heart. We are opposites in many ways, but seem to meld into one the more time we spend together. We share our hopes, our dreams, and our pasts together. We have no secrets. The sound of her voice thrills me, the look on her face when she smiles a silly grin melts my heart. Her playfulness, her optimism, the way she never allows life to get her down, all make me feel that time has stood still and I was 20 years younger.
Each moment we're together is a precious gift.
 
Originally posted by MT_Pitcher
I'm not sure what it is that attracts me so much to the one who holds the key to my heart. We are opposites in many ways, but seem to meld into one the more time we spend together. We share our hopes, our dreams, and our pasts together. We have no secrets. The sound of her voice thrills me, the look on her face when she smiles a silly grin melts my heart. Her playfulness, her optimism, the way she never allows life to get her down, all make me feel that time has stood still and I was 20 years younger.
Each moment we're together is a precious gift.
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well mt those words truly are a beautiful Point Given:kiss:
 
MT_Pitcher said:
I'm not sure what it is that attracts me so much to the one who holds the key to my heart. We are opposites in many ways, but seem to meld into one the more time we spend together. We share our hopes, our dreams, and our pasts together. We have no secrets. The sound of her voice thrills me, the look on her face when she smiles a silly grin melts my heart. Her playfulness, her optimism, the way she never allows life to get her down, all make me feel that time has stood still and I was 20 years younger.
Each moment we're together is a precious gift.
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Yep....you're in love!:)
 
Originally posted by Ammo44
Yep....you're in love!:)
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ok... I admit I am in love too..I am coming clean Ammo44 I Love you:heart: :kiss: (but you already knew that):rose:
 
Originally posted by Ammo44
I love you too, Pretty One.........:heart: :rose:
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well Johnny us New Yawkers gotta stick together ya know;) ....btw your moms meatballs were delicious:D
 
midwestyankee said:
Good morning, Miss I, and everyone else who likes to frequent this thread.

And, since it's Friday and for unknown reasons my mind tends to drift into a questioning mode on Fridays, I have a thought and question for you.

If you've paid any attention to this thread at all recently, you know that I have been hit by the lightning storm of love. And I am aglow with the results. It's a truly extraordinary experience and I'm not at all ashamed to say that my day begins and ends with thoughts of my beloved. Still, there is this question that formed recently and I am interested in your thoughts on how you would approach answering it for yourselves.

Why do you love your beloved? It's easy (more or less, I guess) to tell how you love your beloved. After all, if you allow her to take hold of your consciousness from morning to night and you try every day to make her life brighter, then you can see how you're going about loving her. But the analyst in me always wants to know why.

How does one answer that question? I said yesterday that I don't know the answer and yet I find myself trying nonetheless to come up with one (or many, as needed). I will not be satisfied by concluding that the answer is unknowable, for that just can't be. Surely something or many things about your beloved are obvious sources of attraction and reasons for admiring her, for liking her, for desiring her. It may be relatively simple to determine the features and personality characteristics that are appealing. But how does one dig into the soul and find the source of that attraction that pulls your soul to hers? That, I think, is where I want to go on this journey of discovery.

Anyone care to come along, perhaps by making your own search at the same time? Or would anyone like to suggest ways to succeed in this? As always, I am open to ideas, suggestions, even a few catcalls if that's what's needed.
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Hopefully you'll feel the same 6 months from now..............and than another 6 .....than another.........
 
midwestyankee said:
<snip>
...even a few catcalls if that's what's needed.
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Yank, somehow I suspect you had me in mind when you typed this :D

I don't have any answers for you but I do have a question in response to yours.

Why do you need to know? What if that very rare combination of things between you and your beloved hold their magic by not knowing. Perhaps if broken down, they become less magical.

Some things in life have to be accepted on simple faith. Why is just knowing you love her not enough without the explanation of why?

Love is an irrational thing. You may just have to accept the idea that it exists for you simply because it does. Because all the forces of nature aligned and put you in a place where it was right.

Maybe you love her simply because you do.
 
Originally posted by GiveawayGirl
Yank, somehow I suspect you had me in mind when you typed this :D

I don't have any answers for you but I do have a question in response to yours.

Why do you need to know? What if that very rare combination of things between you and your beloved hold their magic by not knowing. Perhaps if broken down, they become less magical.

Some things in life have to be accepted on simple faith. Why is just knowing you love her not enough without the explanation of why?

Love is an irrational thing. You may just have to accept the idea that it exists for you simply because it does. Because all the forces of nature aligned and put you in a place where it was right.

Maybe you love her simply because you do.
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GG..you will be able to define love when your NY pizza arrives at your doorstep:D

that was a really beautiful post.....:heart:
 
GiveawayGirl said:
Yank, somehow I suspect you had me in mind when you typed this :D

I don't have any answers for you but I do have a question in response to yours.

Why do you need to know? What if that very rare combination of things between you and your beloved hold their magic by not knowing. Perhaps if broken down, they become less magical.

Some things in life have to be accepted on simple faith. Why is just knowing you love her not enough without the explanation of why?

Love is an irrational thing. You may just have to accept the idea that it exists for you simply because it does. Because all the forces of nature aligned and put you in a place where it was right.

Maybe you love her simply because you do.
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Love it.
Magic just is, and can't be explained or even understood sometimes. Just accept it and run with it, just as fast and far as you can go.
 
Originally posted by MT_Pitcher
Love it.
Magic just is, and can't be explained or even understood sometimes. Just accept it and run with it, just as fast and far as you can go.
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its like a bubble....fragile and beautiful..:kiss:
 
DLL said:
GG..you will be able to define love when your NY pizza arrives at your doorstep:D

that was a really beautiful post.....:heart:
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MMM, sounds better than the half a package of leftover fruit snacks I found in my purse for lunch.

Thanks :rose:
 
DLL said:
MT can I watch you blowing Bubbles?????:D
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Now I know how Yank must feel when we gang up on him!

A thousand apologies Yank, I'll never do it again

(at least from now until the next time I see you)
:D
 
Originally posted by GiveawayGirl
Now I know how Yank must feel when we gang up on him!

A thousand apologies Yank, I'll never do it again

(at least from now until the next time I see you)
:D
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GG what are you saying I never gang up on Yank...I would gang up on MT ...but never Yank:D
 
DLL said:
GG what are you saying I never gang up on Yank...I would gang up on MT ...but never Yank:D
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I was merely trying to spread the blame around DLL......I stand corrected :D

I'm off to fetch the rugrats. Have a great afternoon :rose:
 
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