RAMBLINGS, THREE

RAMBLINGS, THREE

BY: TJ

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES

I WAS ASKED BY A FRIEND,"HOW DOES LOVE GO?"

I ASSUMED THAT HE MEANT, HOW DOES IT GET DRIVEN

AWAY....SO I TOLD HIM THIS," IT LEAVES BECAUSE OF

THREE MAIN THINGS, TO MY WAY OF THINKING,

THEY ARE NEGLECT, UNKIND WORDS, AND BOREDOM."

BUT HE SAID THAT WAS NOT WHAT HE MEANT,

HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT GROWS, AND IN WHAT

MANNER IT PROCEEDS. I THOUGHT FOR A WHILE

BEFORE I ANSWERED HIM. " FRIEND, IT GROWS WITH

NURTURING, WITH KINDNESS AND CARING. IT GROWS

WITH LOVING COMPASSION, AND WITH PASSION

AS A FOREST FIRE. FIRST THE SPARK, THEN THE FLAME,

THEN THE ROARING FIRE THAT BURNS UNTIL IT IS

SLAKED".

REPEAT THIS AS OFTEN AS BOTH AGREE, FOR LOVING

IS A TWO WAY STREET, NOT JUST THE STREET OWNED

BY THE MAN, BUT OWNED BY BOTH. WOMEN, YOU SEE,

ARE AROUSED BY WHAT THEY HEAR, BUT MEN BY

WHAT THEY SEE, SO THEY BOTH ARE NEEDFUL OF

THE PROPER MOTIVATION.

THIS IS JUST PART OF LOVE, FOR THE MAIN PART

IS THE GENTLE CARING FOR, AND ABOUT, EACH OTHER.

THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL, NOT

LOVEMAKING, NOT MONEY MAKING, BUT THE WHOLE

TRUTH IS, IF YOU HAVE LOST COMMUNICATION, THE

LOVE SHALL SOON WITHER AND DIE."

THESE ARE THE THINGS I TOLD MY FRIEND, AND HE

SEEMED SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS. I DO PRAY

THAT HE REMEMBERS WHAT WAS SAID, FOR IT WILL

STAND HIM IN GOOD STEAD WHENEVER HE BEGINS

HIS MARRIED LIFE.

THEN WHENEVER THE "STEAM" ABATES, THERE

SHALL BE A BASIS LEFT UPON WHICH TO BUILD

A SOLID MARRIAGE, ONE OF LOVE, GENTLENESS,

COMPASSION, CARING, AND GIVING THE OTHER

PERSON FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.

THIS, TO ME, IS LOVE AND HOW LOVE GOES.