After a while you learn
The subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren't contracts and
presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of a a woman
not the grief of a child
And you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way
of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
and you learn and you learn
with every GOODBYE you learn.
by Veronica A. Shoffstall
If you but knew How all my days seemed filled with dreams of you, How sometimes in the silent night Your eyes thrill through me with their tender light, How oft I hear your voice when others speak How you 'mid other forms I seek ~ Oh, love more real than through such dreams were true If you but knew. Could you but guess How you alone make all my happiness, How I am more than willing for your sake To stand alone, give all and nothing take, Nor chafe to think you bound while I am free, Quite free, till death, to love you silently, Could you but guess. Could you but learn How when you doubt my truth I sadly yearn To tell you all, to stand for one brief space Unfettered, soul to soul, as face to face, To crown you king, my king, till life shall end, My lover and likewise my truest friend, Would you love me, dearest, as fondly in return, Could you but learn? (Unknown)
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving, It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.©EwaNevaland Creations
Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future, and it doesn't brood over the past. It's the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories and working toward common goals.
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough!
Ann Landers' Column (I hope she doesn't mind...)
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