The Love Thread

[osopardo]

he said; is love actually real? does it really exist? i hear about it all the time, but i thought it was just a myth. coldneSs and emptyneSs is all i know of.

Give yourself time.
Give yourself opportunity.
Give yourself.

It will come, whether you think you are deserving or not.

Love is somewhat like enlightenment; if you seek it, you may not find it. Yet if you go about your business, improving yourself, making yourself more worthy, making yourself more loveable, thinking not of iyour own needs, but of the needs of others, Love may find you.

[osopardo]

the wait

It seemed
like years
before
I picked
a bouquet
of kisses
off her mouth
and put them
into a dawn-colored vase
in
my
heart.

But
the wait
was worth it.

Because
I
was
in love.
~Richard Brautigan~

[Tom Yum]

For perspectives on true love and waiting, consult the bible - a very reliable source.

I whole heartedly agree with your definition. playing the dating game and I do mean game, is not of love, rather a combination of fun and spite rolled into one. It aint natural, but you learn.

[osopardo]

Children's Advice Regarding Love

"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me."
-------- Bart, age 9

"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love."
------ Alonzo, age 9

"Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind ... Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch."
-------- Natalie, age 9

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough."
...Regina, age 10

[osopardo]

For perspectives on true love and waiting, consult the bible - a very reliable source..

(thanx Tom!)

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

I Corinthians 13:4-8

[EmptyneSs]

u know what, in The Tao of JKD, bruce lee has a quote in there regarding love and relationships. he says " Do not seek, for it will come to you."

[osopardo]

Yeah, well you ain't Bruce...

Joking! just joking!

But seriously, that's just what I mean. there are elements of zen in it. "If you seek it, you will not find it..."

They call that kind of person "desperate". And he usually strikes out.

My best luck with Love has always been a natural, disinterested, just-friends approach. When the hormones aren't making you stupid so you wind up staring at her like a predatory stalker and you can't think of anything intelligent to say and you wind up freaking her out.





'cept, of course, with the wife it was like hot crazy passion from the minute we laid eyes on each other!

[gregimotis]

That sounds wonderful...



Good poetry
Makes a beautiful naked woman
Materialize from
Words,

Who then says,
With a sword precariously waving
In her hands,

"If you look at my loins
I will cut off your head,

And reach down and grab your spirit
By its private parts,

And carry you off to heaven
Squealing in joy."

Hafiz says,
"That sounds wonderful, just
Wonderful.

Someone please - start writing
Some great
Lines."

[Tom Yum]

(thanx Tom!)

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

I Corinthians 13:4-8

Did any ladies happen to read that?

I know, leaving the toilet lid up and toothpaste cap off are cardinal sins. As is not leaving the toilet paper in the top-down position and pulling the curtain exactly at a 43.2 degree angle...

[gregimotis]

I would like to say that I love the love thread.

It's so nice and friendly in here.

[Tom Yum]

That's cause your still clinging to Spanky.

[osopardo]

Did any ladies happen to read that?
I know, leaving the toilet lid up and toothpaste cap off are cardinal sins. As is not leaving the toilet paper in the top-down position and pulling the curtain exactly at a 43.2 degree angle...

Now, now...

This is the Love Thread, not the "Let's Bitch About How Irrational They Are" thread.

[Geneva]

I'm all warm and fuzzy inside

After reading this...awww!

Still waiting but not anxiously looking here...-while telling the jerks that want to come around to waste my time: *chuu fly, chuu! or I'll smack you!* -

I just hope it doesn't come my way when I'm 90 and then I die the next day!

[osopardo]

...I just hope it doesn't come my way when I'm 90 and then I die the next day!

"I hold it true, whate'er befall,
I feel it when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."

-H.W. Longfellow

[Geneva]

Oh I have loved alright

I have loved...very much...argh I don't want to get into that right now...