Saturday, April 7, 2012

LOVE (noun/verb)

1.  A desire to know someone/something deeply; a ceaseless willingness to do so through intentional observation/study.
2.  Powerful consideration of beloved's needs & desires, at times leading to sacrifice and/or challenging negotiation.
3.  Finite supply; requires replenishment.  Is replenished by return of love or joy.  (Although there is always a secret reserve, LOVE thrives in an environment of reciprocity.)
4.  A warm, gentle, softness of the human spirit.  (Varied levels reveal different characteristics, ranging from tenderness to passion.)
5.  Constant.  Although the expression may change, love, once present, never completely leaves the relationship between the lover and the beloved.  (It unlocks a door to the soul that never is locked again.  It may close, but the soul's knowledge of it's existence never disappears.)
6.  An abandonment of the confined language of right/wrong, proving/disproving;  embraces the alchemical language of understanding and acceptance.
7.  A complete surrendering to one's own desires;  A willful vulnerability; an expression of one's desire to be seen fully.
8.  Can be given and/or received; held and/or withheld; denied and/or acknowledged; suppressed and/or exalted; lost and/or discovered.
9. The artist's brush, the sculptor's chisel, the musician's instrument, the writer's pen;  The way the lover designs and creates her/his life is through the experience and expression of all forms of love;  It is the necessary tool for creation.

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