make you feel my love

Love ...

(side note:  This rant comes from a thought I wrote on fb today so scared am I that a dear dear friend is losing himself into a dangerous place.  It is an expansion on that thought... because frankly, no one should live like that.  No one.  NO. ONE. deserves that.)

"Love does not lay traps to catch others in... It does not lie, look for deceit or mistrust. Love is complete belief in the worth of another person accepting that they are human, not perfect but entirely worth being with"

Love does not lay traps to catch others in... It does not lie, look for deceit or mistrust.  It is the ability to push past mistakes aside, to move on with an open and full heart.  To have complete and utter respect for not only the other person but yourself.  Not to lose who you are in the relationship.  It is the ability to communicate, honestly and openly without questioning all the time.  The ability to only deal with present issues without dragging the past into it.  So hard to do.  But so important to work at.

It is the ability to be still and quiet with in utter and complete comfort.  To laugh with and cry with.  To have shared goals and support individual ones.  To nurture and grow individually and together, not necessarily at the same time and being okay with that.  To always say thank you for the love and trust placed in you.

Granted, every relationship is different and unique to itself.  But to me, love is complete belief in the worth of another person accepting that they are human, not perfect at all but entirely worth being with, completely, entirely, fully and utterly.

if this is not your love....  you have some work to do.   and I'll call you on it.

in honour of the the Year of the Dragon....

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, don't forget to make some art- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." - Neil Gaiman

image by Erte... love

SOPA/Blackoutpage - Wikimedia Foundation

SOPA/Blackoutpage - Wikimedia Foundation

Artist Crafts Stunning Portrait Using Just Tape

Artist Crafts Stunning Portrait Using Just Tape

Top Five Regrets of The Dying

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Top Five Regrets of The Dying

Get me through December 2011

This is for you.

_you_

You know who are you.

I wish I could take your fear and pain away. I wish I could give you hope and strength. I believe in you. I believe in your dreams and ability to make them come true. I can't make you less afraid. But my hand is here to hold on the way. Don't give up. Please. Don't give up.

I love you.