"In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia."
Author Unknown

The Surrealist Compliment Generator says

La pluie de vos insultes n'atteint pas le parapluie de mon indifference.

Love is at first not anything that means merging, giving over and uniting with another (...), it is a high inducement to the individual to ripen, to become world, to become world for himself for another's sake.

~Rainer Maria Rilke

"I was angry with my friend: I mentioned this to him, and the anger went. I was angry with my enemy: I didn’t mention it to him, and the anger increased."

~William Blake

"Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly
And wants to rip to shreds
All your erroneous notions of truth
That make you fight within yourself, dear one,
And with others"

~Hafiz

"Would that I were young enough to love you, so that there were no place in my body too heavy, too dense, to dull for the spirit of my love..."

-Rainer Maria Rilke

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love"
-Rumi

NO OTHER KIND OF LIGHT

Find that flame, that existence,
That wonderful Man
Who can burn beneath the water.
No other kind of light
will cook the food you
Need

~Hafiz

"Do not always try to be consistent. Saint Paul, after all, said, "The wisdom of the world is madness in the eyes of God." To be consistent is always to wear a tie that matches one's socks. It is to have the same opinions tomorrow as one has today." -- Paolo Coehlo

What a relief that is!

Today's the day for boldness, wounded heart.
In loving (him), there's no room to be distant.
Whatever logic holds, put that aside.
Now's the time for madness, right this instant.

#432: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

"Une pyramide de baisers,
Une tempête d'amitié,
Une vague de caresses,
Un cyclone de douceur,
Un océan de pensées."

~ MC Solaar

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true."
~ Leon J. Suenes

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” ~Paolo Coelho

"When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me - my triumphs and most of my misfortunes - was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal - and in many ways their superior - but it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partner - an attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious existence." ~Jean Plaidy, The Courts of Love

If this is the way the novel starts, then there is little doubt in my mind that I will wickedly enjoy it...

"The best way to find someone you want to be with forever is to become that person yourself." ~Patricia H. Taylor

When I first read this, I realized it could be interpreted two ways. The first is the 'loner' interpretation - where you literally become the person you want to be with forever. And the second interpretation is where you become someone like someone you want to be with forever. In my opinion, both interpretations are flawed: one obviously much more than the other.

In the second interpretation, if we take it too literally we run the risk of becoming intolerant of another's differences. There is a fine line between what we can expect in another person without compromising their freedom. I, personally, believe that the big core values can be asked for and expected in a partner while the nuances can not. To me this is a little like house hunting: you can be inflexible when it comes to things such as how many bedrooms a house has and where it is located - but if you start expecting things such as wall color and furniture placement, you might have to look very long. And of course the risk is, that what is in your mind may not be what you really need.

"Soul mates are brought together for a reason. All their lives they have been preparing for each other. When they look back at different times in their lives they will see a new purpose to actions they have taken. Their lives take on a sense of oneness equaled by no other. Oneness of purpose, ambition, and love which can be a beacon to others along their spiritual paths." ~Edgar Cayce

"New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire." ~Almasy, The English Patient

Almásy: When were you most happy? Katharine Clifton: Now. Almásy: When were you least happy? Katharine Clifton: Now.

"Knowing love, I can allow all things to come and go, to be as supple as the wind and to face all things with great courage. My heart is a open as the sky." ~Maya, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love



After my first hearbreak, many years ago, I promised myself I would live by these words and welcome all the magic life had already given me a taste of. Unfortunately, fear got the best of me, and insted of opening my heart I shut it and hid the key somewhere very dark and deep. Learning to "be as supple as the wind" takes great courage indeed. But if I remember correctly, it is infinately worth the risk.