February 14, 2012

Love or Infatuation?


Infatuation is instant desire.  It is one set of glands calling to another.  Love is friendship that has caught fire.  It takes roots and grows - one day at at time.


Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity.  You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy.  There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely.  It might spoil the dream.


Love is quiet, understanding, and the mature acceptance of imperfection.  It is real.  It gives you strength and grows beyond you - to bolster your beloved.  You are warmed by their presence, even when they are away.  Miles do not separate you.  You want them nearer.  But near or far, you know they are yours and you can wait.


Infatuation says, "We must get married right away.  I can't risk loosing him."  Love says, "Be patient, don't panic.  Plan your future with confidence."


Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement.  If you are honest, you will admit it is difficult to be in one another's company unless you are sure it will end in intimacy.  Love is the maturation of friendship.  You must be friends before you can be lovers.


Infatuation lacks confidence.  When they are away, you wonder if they are cheating.  Sometimes you check.


Love means trust.  You are calm, secure, and unthreatened.  The feel that trust, and it makes them more trustworthy.


Infatuation might lead you to do things you'll regret later, but love never will.


Love is an upper.  It makes you look up.  It makes you think up.  It makes you a better person than you were before.


~ Unknown

December 31, 2011

With or Without You, I Go On

With or without compassion,
Understanding,
Sanctity,
Love,
I go on.

With or without consent,
Support,
Favour,
A plan,
I go on.

With or without strength,
Courage,
Wisdom,
Serenity,
I go on.

With or without devotion,
Integrity,
Passion,
Tolerance,
I go on.

With or without adversity,
Perseverance,
Resilience,
You,
I go on.

~Kristine Hurt

August 09, 2011

You don't have to be your mother unless she is who you want to be.  You do not have to be your mother's mother or even your mother's mother's mother.  You may inherit their chins, or their hips, or their eyes, bu you are not destined to become the women who came before you.  So if you inherit something, inherit their strength.  If you inherit something, inherit their resilience.  Because the only person you are destined to be is the person you decide to be. ~ Unknown

May 17, 2011

True strength is not a measure of the body, but a measure of the soul. ~ Unknown

March 19, 2011

With courage you dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble.  Courage is the foundation of integrity. ~ Keshavan Nair

February 17, 2011

Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a big bag of money. ~ Unknown