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Love is...
February 16, 2008
Love is
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength
Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality
Love is
an understanding so complete that
you feel as if you are a part
of the other person
accepting the other person
just the way they are
and not trying to change them
to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experiences
with the other person
the growth of one individual alongside of
and together with the growth
of another individual
Love is the source of success
Love is
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future
Love is
the fury of the storm
the calm in the rainbow
Love is the source of passion
Love is
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's
needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing
Love is
knowing that the other person
will always be with you
regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security
Love is the source of life
Valentine's Day Expressions - Love Quotes and Sayings to Express Your Heart's Desire
February 15, 2008
Saying I love you and being in love is almost magical. Some say love is forever; others say love never fails. Some say it is wonderful while other say love just stinks. These are just a few of the many things people say about love. One thing is for certain, the notion of people loving and being in love will never change. It is etched in our inner most being to love and express love. So for this Valentine' Day and every day after it, lets all make a quality decision to love more. Not just our families, our friends and our soul mates, but men and women everywhere.While we give gifts and make special preparations to show how much we care, we can also make good use of our words. Words are containers that either deliver goodness and wholeness, or our words can be used to tear down and destroy. To create a sense of affection, caring and even intimacy, we can use words in several ways.
A few ways to put our words to good use is to use them in poems, songs and love quotes. Yes, they all help us express what is in our hearts. So while you are making preparations to have some tender moments with that special someone in this season of Romance, use these 10 love quotes to express your feelings to your love:
- "Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." ~ Franklin P. Jones
- "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage." ~ Lao Tzu
- "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never fails." ~Corinthians 13:7-8
- "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Corinthians 13:13
- "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." ~ Aristotle
- "There is no remedy for love but to love more" ~ by Henry David Thoreau
- "Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so." ~David Grayson
- "Like a child's infinite dreams, is the endlessness of love." ~ Renee Tripp
- "Finding love is like finding one answer to all of your prayers." ~ Jennifer Regimbald
- "Blood may be thicker than water, but love is thicker than anything." ~ Goldie Nash
Be sure you tell your sweetheart you love them in a hundred ways. You can try to say it in a different language to really impress them. Here are just a few to try out:
- In French say, "Je t'aime"
- In Spanish say, "Te Amo
- In English say, "I Love You"
- In German say "Ich liebe Dich"
- In Hebrew say "aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA " (female to male) or "aNEE oHEIV otAKH" (male to female)
- In Chinese say "Wo ie ni"
There are many languages all over the world to choose from. However you choose to say it, be sure to honor, respect and cherish your love. Let your words sing the song of love that is in your heart.
Who's St. Valentine anyway?
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that you either love or hate, but do you ever wonder why we celebrate it in the first place? I'm sure you've heard that it's to honor St. Valentine, but who is he and what's his story?Valentine's Day actually has roots in both Catholic and Pagan traditions. The church celebrates three different men named Valentine (must have been a popular name way back when!). When Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage for soldiers, saying that they make better fighters when they're not married, Valentine thought it was unjust and performed marriages for young lovers in secret. Another Valentine helped Christians escape Roman prisons where they were being tortured. A third legend says that when Valentine was in prison, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and before his death, he wrote her a letter, which he signed "From Your Valentine." Aww.
Some people think we celebrate Valentine's Day in the middle of February to honor Valentine's death, but others think it's celebrated then because of the Pagan holiday Lupercalla, a fertility festival, which fell on February 15. Oddly enough, the festivities included Roman women getting gladly slapped with pieces of goat hide — they believed it would make them more fertile. All the young women in the city would then put their names in a big urn, and the bachelors would choose a random name and the couple would be paired for the year. Aren't you glad our Valentine's Day is all about candy, flowers, and romantic dates?
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