RAMBLINGS,FIVE

RAMBLINGS, FIVE

WHAT IS LOVE?

IS LOVE A DECISION THAT WE MAKE WITH OUR HEARTS,

OR DO WE MAKE IT WITH OUR HEADS, OR BOTH?

IS IT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO JUST TAKE US OVER

AND LEAD US TO BE ABLE TO THINK OF NO ONE BUT

THE OBJECT OF OUR LOVE?

OFTEN, I WONDER ABOUT LOVE, AND HOW IT STARTS.

THE KIND OF LOVE THAT LEADS ONE TO WANT TO

MARRY THE OBJECT OF THEIR AFFECTION. THE KIND

OF LOVE THAT INSTILLS WITHIN US THE GREAT DESIRE

TO NOT ONLY LOVE THIS PERSON, BUT TO PROTECT

THEM FROM ALL EVIL, AND TO CHERISH THEM WITH

OUR TOTAL BEING.

THE KIND OF LOVE THAT I DESIRE TO GIVE IS THIS KIND:

IT IS TOTAL CARING, THE TOTALITY OF PUTTING THE

OTHER PERSON FIRST, THE JOY OF PLEASING HIM

IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE; FOR MY GREAT PLEASURE COMES

FROM GIVING LOVING CARE, AND MY TOTAL SELF, TO

THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTIONS. IN REALITY, I WOULD

LIKE FOR MY LOVE TO BE UNCONDITIONAL, NOT BASED

ON WHETHER THEY DO, OR DO NOT, THINGS THAT I MAY

LIKE, BUT BASED UPON WHAT INCREASINGLY PLEASES

THEM.

MY HEART IS SO FULL OF THIS KIND OF LOVE; IT IS NEARLY

OVERFLOWING WITH THIS WONDROUS FEELING, AND I

WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WOULD APPRECIATE,

CHERISH, AND CARE ABOUT THIS KIND OF LOVE, AND TO

RETURN IT IN FULL MEASURE, IF POSSIBLE.

BUT THE MAIN THING WITH ME IS THIS:

TO GIVE LOVE IS THE GREATER THING; TO BE LOVED

IS SECONDARY.

By: Tulsabutterfly