Love!!

[LanguageOfLove]

For me, love was being able to connect with my family that I haven't seen in years. It was setting aside those things in our past that was once painful and letting go of that, and just seeing the person they are and the good that they are.

Connecting with my family, being happy and then seeing the magical things that play a role when you just let go and be grateful for everything.

Seeing old friends as well and bonding with the new family members.

Being grateful for all that you have is a key to being happy and having love in your heart.

 

[HBergeron]

For me, love was being able to connect with my family that I haven't seen in years. It was setting aside those things in our past that was once painful and letting go of that, and just seeing the person they are and the good that they are.

Connecting with my family, being happy and then seeing the magical things that play a role when you just let go and be grateful for everything.

Seeing old friends as well and bonding with the new family members.

Being grateful for all that you have is a key to being happy and having love in your heart.

I am so happy for you... and we are so happy to have you back.

 

[SoulAssasin247]

Of course I have interest in love, it's the most important motivator. Everything feels better, when love is involved. When I get to know someone seriously deep feelings develop and I can honestly say I felt and still feel love from this line.

 

[Lollygirl26]

Don't fall in love, be in love.

Be bold, share with everyone. Your friends, your lovers, your dentist (maybe not your dentist). lol

Tell someone everyday that you love him/her.

I miss u

 

[lakesailer_mi]

It seems fitting to me, today, to post something about love. I immediately thought of this thread.

Valentine's day is often derided as a Hallmark holiday, but it's origins (at least according to this article) date back to a Roman Festival of Fertility involving whipping women with fresh goat hides. (Run off to the BDSM thread with that one! ). In Roman times, there was a lottery pairing off eligible women with men, and there was a lot of nudity.

Over the years, the holiday has morphed into what we know it as today, this over the top commercialized version of a holiday celebrating romantic love. We feel often obligated to "celebrate" today. I have read posts here, and in many places, saying, "we should celebrate every day." And that's certainly true.

But think about this for a moment. We can say the same thing about nearly every other holiday there is. Christmas? How many times have you heard, "keep Christmas in your Heart throughout the year?" Easter? If you're a believer, you should keep the resurrection in your heart every day. Thanksgiving? You should be thankful for the gifts you have every day. Fourth of July? We should celebrate the freedoms we have all the time.

So why not celebrate on Valentines Day. Use this day to remind you that you should keep love in your heart every day. That you should tell those who are most important to you how much you care at every opportunity. Celebrate that feeling of love you have today, not out of obligation, but as a reminder that you do feel that way. Find that special person, or maybe more than one, and tell them. Tell them, "I Love You." Show them.

I also think, that this year is particularly poignant, with the beginning of Lent for those of us who observe such things. As we start Lent we often think about sacrifice and preparation. But preparation for what? The calling of the Christ is a calling of love. Love your neighbor. Love the world. I think there's a message here, with this confluence, that we need to focus on that. That Love is the thing we need to prepare for. To embrace and do out and find.

Love of all kinds.

And so today, my friends. Find Love. Make Love. Be Love. Do not shy away from it. Do not reject it. Embrace it. Embrace Love.

 

[angelofthenorth]

Love is memory buried deep within us, when that is all that we have left. That song that we danced to but now only hear the echo

 

[angelofthenorth]

it may not always be about hair pulling and jumping about., but a quiet knowing. A hand to hold. A knowing smile. The right word spoken at the right time.

 

[Ellobomuerto]

it may not always be about hair pulling and jumping about., but a quiet knowing. A hand to hold. A knowing smile. The right word spoken at the right time.

Well put. I love that image you just created.

 

[Jada59]

To me, love is selfless and unconditional. It means that I want for that person what is in their best and highest good. Even if that means that they are not with me. It's just a wonderful feeling and one that I want to share with the world!

 

[Deleted member 1306910]

I used to believe that love was finding the home I've never had. Someone who would always welcome me when I came back from the war, the journey, the struggle, was free from my bonds. A place to belong, as long as that person was there.

Someone who could see me, all of me, and not find it wanting. To that person, I was good enough and would only get better with time.

Laughing together, even if it was gallows humor. Finding delight in the tiniest things. Learning each other, endlessly. Always a surprise. Even if you've heard the story a thousand times. Someone in whose eyes I could find myself whole.

But now I realize that those thoughts and needs have always been more about me, than anything like real love. I don't think I know what love looks like. I'm too selfish.

So I suppose that love is about two people, (or maybe more) who are complete without one another, but who come together to make something greater.

Does that sound right?

 

[angelofthenorth]

Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt that the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt i love

Hamlet

 

[JugheadJane]

I’ve met some incredible people on Lit. They are so deserving of love in whichever form they want it in.

‘Love’ is not a word I throw around like confetti. I only use it with my family and the very closest of my friends. So, if I’ve used it with you then you can be sure that it is not some frivolous affectionate term. I’ve used it with you because you make my life better, you bring me a level of joy that cannot be replicated, and I want to be a better person for you and because of you.

 

[sneb]

Maybe love is when everything is simple. Extremely uncomplicated. Love is just between your heart and your rib cage. Every other aspect and every other body part just tags along.
That's what is love to me. You just know it.