Happy Valentine’s Day!
I wanted to take a moment on this day that we celebrate love in all of its forms to tell you that I love you! Yes, I do. I love you and my heart is full of gratitude for you and I want you to know that.
I found this description of love from the movie, ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,’ and I wanted to share it with you because it has been a favorite of mine:
“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.” -St. Augustine
So, please enjoy this day of love, and be sure to express your love to everyone around you because, as we used to sing as children, “Love is the one thing that if you give it away, you end up having more.”
I love St. Augustine! Beautiful quote and beautiful blog. Thanks for sharing!
TangoAlphaMike from swapbot here! xoxo
Just getin’ the hang of this Didn’t realize that all I had to do was expand this page to be able to read it all. It is a true wonder that the ’sense’ of the possibilities 0f universal Love that can emcompass every human being can also be know deep in the heart for another; reflecting at that point all this is unique and special about only that individual that moves the inner workings of your heart… What I’m sayin’ is that I want to take this opportunity of a reply, like Tam did, to say the quote and certainly the blog was as touching as they were beautiful – and for my part, I return you Love ten fold…