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08-05-2007, 07:20 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, I 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.
*To Love Others You Must First Love Yourself*
Each person is unique. If you know, accept & appreciate yourself and your uniqueness you will
permit others to do so. ... If you recognize your need to be free to discover who you are, you will
allow others their freedom to do so also.
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, I 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.
*To Love Others You Must First Love Yourself*
Each person is unique. If you know, accept & appreciate yourself and your uniqueness you will
permit others to do so. ... If you recognize your need to be free to discover who you are, you will
allow others their freedom to do so also.