All about love

Have you ever picked up a book, or looked online at quotes, under the heading of LOVE? Most often, you find little wisdoms that look good on paper, might have a little tongue in cheek humor about them, but are they really about love??? I'm currently reading Robert Fulghum's book called "True Love" and its full of amazing stories of love. They're not your typical 'fairy tale' love stories, nor are they graphic sexual epilogues. Instead, you have to read between the lines to get the meaning of the "tingly" parts. Many times, the greatest loves of our lives aren't the ones we marry, or our high school sweethearts. It could be the friend who's known you forever; or a person you see everyday-- because its where you buy your Starbucks.

In the book is a short list of some really great quotes about love:

The opposite of love is not hate;
its indifference.

The game of love is never called
on account of darkness or rain.

Most of us need love the most
when we're the most unloveable.

If you concentrate on giving love,
your task will seem small
but the results large;
if you concentrate on getting love,
your task will seem large
and the results small.

Some say God is love;
some say love is God;
I say love is holy.

One of the most amazing loves of my life was extremely brief; and yet it still goes on. We met in a chat room, and there was instant "chemistry"; we became friends. Chats turned to phone calls, and one day out of the blue, he called and said "I want to take you to dinner." He was going to be in town, so I arranged to meet him in Zville. Normally, I'm a shy person; when we met, it was hugs at first sight, then a little bit of awkward chit chat. But dinner was super; it was so much fun to finally meet and talk face to face; it was as if we had known each other forever. And even though we're further apart, geographically speaking, and the time we spend chatting is less (we both have busy lives), when we take the time, its as if time stood still and we pick up right where we left off. This wonderful man accepted me as I am, treated me like a queen, and showed me what true love is about; he will never be forgotten. And I never miss an opportunity to tell him I love him.

True love may not be the stuff in fairy tales, but it can be just as wonderful if you open yourself, and your heart. Nobody knows or will ever know everything they need to know about love. Its elusiveness is part of what makes love seductive. One can only obey the great law of the heart that says "As long as you live, love one another and take the consequences."

HUGS and LOVE to everyone!