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11-24-2006, 09:40 AM
A Question of Definition
But for such a powerful life force to remain ignored, uninvestigated,
condemned by the social scientists, is ludicrous.
Love is a learned, emotional reaction. ... Love is dynamic interaction,
lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
I seems more accurate to say, one grows in love. Your ability to love expands.
If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action.
One will learn love only with fresh insight, with each new bit of
knowledge, which he acts out, and which is reacted to, or his knowledge
is valueless.
Love is always open arms. if you close your arms about love you will
find you are left holding only yourself.
Love is never complete in any person. There is always room for growth.
Love is trusting. .. It is an act of faith, and whatever is of little
faith is also of little love.
The perfect love would be one that gives all and expects nothing. ... It
would ask for nothing. For if one expects nothing and asks nothing, he
can never be deceived or disappointed. It is only when love demands
that it brings pain.
But there can never be any assurance, never any guarantee.
Others can and will only give what they are able, not what you desire
they give. When you cease placing conditions on your love you have
taken a giant step toward learning to love.
Love must be patient. Love waits. ... Love is active, not passive. It
is continually engaged in the process of opening new doors and windows
so that fresh ideas and questions can be admitted. It allows each
freedom to select and reject according to his taste.
Love's potential is limitless.
To expect others to love as you do at the moment is unrealistic.
Love isn't afraid to feel. Touching offers a form of communication often
far greater than words & expression. ... Love has a need to be expressed physically.
Love lives the moment. ... They are so concerned with tomorrow that they
have lost the purpose of life. They forget that there are no permanent
goals. ... Life is not a goal, it is a process. it is the "getting there, not the arrival."
There is only the moment. The now. Only what you are experiencing at
this second that is real. This does not mean, live for the moment. It
means you live, the moment. A very different thing.
Love is now! It is only in the "now" that love is reality. Love has
meaning only as it is experienced in the now.
Love is trusting, accepting and believing, without guarantee. Love is
patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it
is continually offering itself in a mutual revealing, a mutual sharing.
Love Knows No Age
Change is the end result of all true learning. ... third, a conscious
dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of
making the change, doing something.
Man, in his day-to-day living finds it difficult to share, to understand
and to relate to others.
He sees himself as helpless in a situation that is hopeless. ... he
seems more willing to accept the negative than the positive, always more
prepared to doubt than trust.
The Christian ethic that convinces man he is not on earth to know joy
and satisfaction but rather to work & suffer his way to eternal peace
with God is another illustration.
As long as man has will he will have some degree of control over his
reactions, responses and conclusions. To this extent he can assume
responsibility for his own life.
Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in
making the decision to change.
The lover must often say, Ii love because I must, because I will it. ...
I love for the joy it gives me - and incidently, only - for the joy it
gives to others.
As in learning all things...he must be willing to experiment and be
constantly evaluating & flexible.
Love Has Many Deterrents
Would it be wise or foolish to gamble your present security for a
doubtful future?
It's easier & safer to sit alone, even if it feels a natural urge to
relate to others, than run the risk of being shunned. It is seldom
considered that you run an equal chance of being accepted.
Part of the responsibility lies with each of us to reach out. We must be
willing to take the risk.
Man is happiest when he is creating. Real love always creates, it never
destroys. In this, lies man's only promise.
Even an old dog can learn new tricks. The real issue is that one lack's
motivation or is simply too lazy.
Change is inevitable. There is only one thing you can be certain and
that is change.
..........contined in part three............
But for such a powerful life force to remain ignored, uninvestigated,
condemned by the social scientists, is ludicrous.
Love is a learned, emotional reaction. ... Love is dynamic interaction,
lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
I seems more accurate to say, one grows in love. Your ability to love expands.
If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action.
One will learn love only with fresh insight, with each new bit of
knowledge, which he acts out, and which is reacted to, or his knowledge
is valueless.
Love is always open arms. if you close your arms about love you will
find you are left holding only yourself.
Love is never complete in any person. There is always room for growth.
Love is trusting. .. It is an act of faith, and whatever is of little
faith is also of little love.
The perfect love would be one that gives all and expects nothing. ... It
would ask for nothing. For if one expects nothing and asks nothing, he
can never be deceived or disappointed. It is only when love demands
that it brings pain.
But there can never be any assurance, never any guarantee.
Others can and will only give what they are able, not what you desire
they give. When you cease placing conditions on your love you have
taken a giant step toward learning to love.
Love must be patient. Love waits. ... Love is active, not passive. It
is continually engaged in the process of opening new doors and windows
so that fresh ideas and questions can be admitted. It allows each
freedom to select and reject according to his taste.
Love's potential is limitless.
To expect others to love as you do at the moment is unrealistic.
Love isn't afraid to feel. Touching offers a form of communication often
far greater than words & expression. ... Love has a need to be expressed physically.
Love lives the moment. ... They are so concerned with tomorrow that they
have lost the purpose of life. They forget that there are no permanent
goals. ... Life is not a goal, it is a process. it is the "getting there, not the arrival."
There is only the moment. The now. Only what you are experiencing at
this second that is real. This does not mean, live for the moment. It
means you live, the moment. A very different thing.
Love is now! It is only in the "now" that love is reality. Love has
meaning only as it is experienced in the now.
Love is trusting, accepting and believing, without guarantee. Love is
patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it
is continually offering itself in a mutual revealing, a mutual sharing.
Love Knows No Age
Change is the end result of all true learning. ... third, a conscious
dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of
making the change, doing something.
Man, in his day-to-day living finds it difficult to share, to understand
and to relate to others.
He sees himself as helpless in a situation that is hopeless. ... he
seems more willing to accept the negative than the positive, always more
prepared to doubt than trust.
The Christian ethic that convinces man he is not on earth to know joy
and satisfaction but rather to work & suffer his way to eternal peace
with God is another illustration.
As long as man has will he will have some degree of control over his
reactions, responses and conclusions. To this extent he can assume
responsibility for his own life.
Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in
making the decision to change.
The lover must often say, Ii love because I must, because I will it. ...
I love for the joy it gives me - and incidently, only - for the joy it
gives to others.
As in learning all things...he must be willing to experiment and be
constantly evaluating & flexible.
Love Has Many Deterrents
Would it be wise or foolish to gamble your present security for a
doubtful future?
It's easier & safer to sit alone, even if it feels a natural urge to
relate to others, than run the risk of being shunned. It is seldom
considered that you run an equal chance of being accepted.
Part of the responsibility lies with each of us to reach out. We must be
willing to take the risk.
Man is happiest when he is creating. Real love always creates, it never
destroys. In this, lies man's only promise.
Even an old dog can learn new tricks. The real issue is that one lack's
motivation or is simply too lazy.
Change is inevitable. There is only one thing you can be certain and
that is change.
..........contined in part three............