True Friends but only a few are true friends. Even for those of us
possessed of many friends, we always have several with
whom we feel a special kind of affinity, a closeness somehow absent
from our other relationships, however fulfilling they may be.
With these few true friends we can relax and let
down our guard, revealing our dreams and plans for
the future and our deepest hopes and aspirations, always knowing that
our secrets are safe, and that we won't be ridiculed for our
thoughts. These are the people to whom we confide our most
burdensome worries and insecurities. Our real friends do not
lie to us, even when telling a fib may be easier than telling
the truth; instead, when talking about painful subjects, they
look us in the eye. With true friends, we are truly honest.
Making allowances for each other's idiosyncrasies, we do not try
to change or mold our friends; we love them not in spite of but
because of their quirks. Accept for who and what we are, we
grant the same acceptance in return.
Love is a Slow Kiss Goodnight Love is a slow kiss goodnight.
It is anticipation.
Love is an imperfection in yourself not bothering you.
Love is acceptance. Love is passing up an opportunity because the time isn't right yet.
It is patience.
Love is a back massage that starts above the hairline and ends around the innersoles.
It is exploration.
Love is not having to say. "Let's make love", because you know what the other person wants.
It is understanding.
It is consideration.
Love is both of you remembering protection.
It is responsibility.
Love is saying the perfect phrase to make a solemn embrace dissolve into giggles,
It is humor.
Love is reviewing the damage to your living room and realizing personal
effects are strewn in a clockwise pattern from the front door to the bedroom.
It is desire.
Love is seeing what your lover really looks like for the first time.
It is truth.
Love is the arms around you tightening their embrace.
It is ecstasy.
Love is seeing a new side of a person you thought you knew.
It is renewal.
Love is telling a person if you have to leave, you will let them sleep,
and being told they would rather be awakened.
It is tenderness.
Love is waking up to find the subject of the dream you were having
asleep on your shoulder.
It is where fantasy meet reality.
Love is being there to wake your lover. Slowly.
It is sensuousness.
Love is belatedly knowing why you bothered to buy a queen size bed
three years ago.
It is practicality.
Love is two people only taking up a third of a queen size bed.
It is closeness.
Love is knowing you gave the extra set of keys to the right person.
It is trust.
Love is saying good-bye and knowing you will be back by mutual consent.
It is faith.
Love is stretching your arms and discovering the real meaning of the
word "sore".
It is a lesson in human frailty.
Love is opening your medicine cabinet and finding your toothpaste
turned into a pretzel.
It is adaptation.
Love is sitting at the window, looking out and and remembering who you
were the night before.
It is reflection.
Love is hearing the weather forecast for a winter storm and wishing you
could spend it in bed with your lover.
It is loneliness.
Love is stories that will never be told.
It is personal.
Love IS a slow kiss goodnight.
Life Without Love
by David Wendel Robinson
What is life without love
It is like a desert parched and empty.
It is like a flower without water,
withered and dry.
A rich man without love is truly poor
his wealth a curse upon his loneliness
But a poor man who loves and is loved
is rich beyond measure
How empty is my heart without a love
to share My life an empty glass,
waiting to be filled.
When will I again know love?
When will I find another,
with whom to share the richness of life
Destiny
Life is a journey on which we discover ourselves.
So search long and search hard, but don't ignore the obvious.
Search everywhere possible in everyway possible.
For if you overlook your destiny you may never find true, eternal happiness.
Everyone needs happiness - the kind that lasts forever so don't ignore it.
If you dream a dream, then make it happen.
Seek out your future and hold your head high, the power is in your hands.
Think, Dream, and Discover your destiny.
And always remember that the true happiness lies within you, and that
only you can bring it into view for all.
Live life to the fullest extent possible, explore everywhere, and
everything, anyhow.
-- Reach high and never give up the hope that resides in your heart.
Seek and you will find.
YOUR DESTINY IS NOT SET FOR YOU, YOU SET IT AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE,
AND YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
By: Marilynn Casida
Feelings of the Heart
Like
Lust
Love
Obsession
Hatred
Anger
Madness
Girl
Boy
Male
Female
Hope
Disappointment
Longing
Resentment
Loneliness
Boredom
Happiness
Joy
Too much
Not enough
Life
Death
THE HEART IS OVERWHELMED.
By: Marilynn Casida
Illusions Illusions of happiness
Float all around us.
Every day we smile a fake smile
Laugh a fake laugh.
Happiness is an illusion
What you see is not what you get.
Walking through a fantasy
Life is hell on Earth.
A mask of darkness cloaks us constantly,
But we ignore it producing a fake light
A wanted hope
A need for anything real
Except hate and sadness.
We bottle up our feelings
And set them in the shadows
Concealing them from view
Putting forth an illusion.
Happiness is what we strive for
Reaching into darkness,
And catching only a shadow
Of an illusion of the unknown.
By: Marilynn Casida
The Journey By Sereniti
Wandering souls, searching for purpose,
In Pursuit of meaning, Inquest for happiness-
Buoyant and confident through each day they prance,
Hearts soaring with animation, dancing with romance …
They walk empty roads, they play foolish games,
Their purposes in life, start by making a name,
And finding themselves, their innermost child,
A label of "self", some feeling of pride
But "why," some may ask, "do you carry on this way?"
"Walking through life, letting nothing stand in your way?"
"Share with me your secrets to profound happiness?
This feeling of freedom, of celestial deliverance?"
"I have no secrets, perhaps this is why,
I move freely through life, with wings do I fly.
You too my dear friend, can know the Great Love,
Which captures your heart, for it's sent from above.
I can share this with you, to help ease your pain,
to rest your weary soul, to shine through falling rain.
Hold it as close as you can to your heart,
Let not your hands release it, nor others tear it apart.
It clings to the core of your spirit,
It wraps itself 'round tight,
It's powerful grasp will not weaken
Only relieve you of trouble and fright."
He replies most vainglorious, to dampen the spirit,
To poison the heart, defuse it and kill it,
"How ignorant are you, to believe such untruths,
Such hollow and flagrant convictions you use
To sustain for the moment yet they won't see you through!"
"Could this be the chasm which separates us?
Which abates our instinct and inflates our distrust?
I refuse to be infected with your noxious disease,
Of hate, regret, and dishonorability.
It saddens my heart to hear of your doubts,
They're screaming and fighting, for release, a way out.
Take all of your anger, your reluctance to believe,
let go of it all, and stand close, lean on me.
I'll stand by your side, introduce you to love,
We'll do it together, with some help from above.
Here, take my hand, I can show you the way
To refined merriment, toward a new and brighter day."
Fortune may have it he'll take to your side,
Walk allied with you, head high, swelled with pride.
Or maybe he won't, he'll just walk away,
You've shared what you know, Pointed toward the paved way
It's his turn to choose whether to resolve his desires,
To learn how to love, or just smother the fire.
You've walked down that road, and you're not going back,
For Peace rules your heart, and you know better than that.
when properly nourished,
it becomes sturdy and enduring,
but neglected it will soon wither and die.
(Hugh B. Brown)
and of the most foolish woman, a sage.
Moritz G. Saphir
of being needed by just one person.
Vi Putnam
home.... lovers alone wear sunlight.
E.E. Cummings
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no records of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
it always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep,
for every dream precedes the goal.
(Vaull Starr)
is to look within your heart;
the only way to find fairy tales
is thru the imagination and
power of your mind;
the only place to begin
a search for peace
is within your soul;
because rainbows,
fairy tales and peace
are treasures that grow
from the inside out.
(Evelyn K. Tharp)
Everything starts as someone's dream......
May you always have rainbows
that follow the rain
May you keep planting
the seeds of your dreams...
Because if you keep believing in them
they'll do their best....
to blossom for you.
May you remember how full of
smiles life can be
May you envision today as a gift
and tomorrow as another
May you add a meaningful page
to the diary of each new day
May you face life's challenges
with courage and determination
May you find many new friends
and keep your many old ones
close to your heart.
May love and happiness always be yours,
and always hang on to your dreams!
(Author unknown)
in the creations and fabrics of genius of dreams
a depth and intimacy of emotion,
a tenderness of feeling,
a clarity of vision,
a subtlety of observations,
and a brilliance of wit
such as we should never claim to have
at our permanent command in out waking lives.
(Sigmund Freud)
THE SECRET OF LIFE As God was creating the world he called upon his archangels.
The Lord asked his archangels to help him decide where to put the Secret of life
"Bury it in the ground", one angel replied.
"Put it in the bottom of the sea", said another.
"Hide it in the mountains", another suggested.
The Lord replied, "If I see to do any of those only a few
will find the Secret of Life. The Secret of Life must be
accessible to EVERYONE!"
One angel replied, "I know: Put it in each man’s heart
nobody will think to look there."
"Yes!" said the Lord. "Within each man’s heart."
and so it was— The SECRET OF LIFE
lies within all of us.
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