THESE THINGS CALLED LOVE

March 31st, 2008 by xtyl-babe

When you love someone, do not expect that the person to love you back the same amount. One will always be ahead and the other must be left behind. It’s either you catch up and the other has to wait. When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one that has opened for us. To love is to be hurt, for no one has ever picked up a rose and appreciate its beauty without appreciating the thorns. To love is not about “It’s your fault!” but “I’m sorry”, not “Where were you” but “I’m right here”, not “How could You” but I understand”, not ‘I wish you were….” but “I’m thankful you are”. Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy. Hope makes all things work. You learn to like someone when you make him or her laugh. But you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes him or her cry. Saying “I Love You” doesn’t mean anything at all. Love is something that proves itself a thousand times a day. And the simple you see count a lot. Don’t love a person for her beauty. It will fade as time pass. Love a person with a warm heart. It will never go cold. It‘s amazing how you easily fall in love with someone who simply smiles, talks and stares at you. The only thing left is to make that person fall for you, too. You can close your eyes on the things you don’t want to see. However, you can never close your heart on the things you don’t want to fell. You don’t always get what you want. You don’t always get what you need. But you should get always what you deserve. Only love can break your heart, fill you with desire and thorn you all apart. Only love can make you cry co’z only love knows why. No man is worth crying over…. If he is, he won’t make you cry. Every teardrop is precious…. So better make sure that when you drop some, it’s worth crying for co’z you can never pick them up and put them back to your eyes. A good friend, who put up you worst mood, laughs at you corniest jokes, goes along wuth craziest ideas, but always sees the best in you. When idea isn’t right, god says “NO!” when time isn’t right god says “SLOW!” when you are not right, god says “NO!” when you are right, god says “GROW!” but when everything is right, god says “GO!” letting go of someone you really love is the hardest part in ones life. But if there’s a chance to bring back that person, then swallow your pride and follow your heart. It’s the best feeling one could never fell! Be mature enough to realize you still have much to learn. Be wise enough to know respect is something you earn. Be the best you can be and life will find its best in you. The only way to keep someone smiling is to keep reminding him or her that they are not forgotten. You can never love without being hurt. You can never succeed without failures. Learn from your mistakes to be much better individual. If loving someone is wrong then I don’t want to be right. And if being right means to live without the person, then I want to be wrong for the rest of my life. For every heart, that finds a heart. There is a heart that cries. For every fond of hello you say, there is a sad goodbye. There are five reasons why boy best friends are the great: a) they make you laugh; b) they are sweetest when you cry; c) they beg when you are mad at them; d) they protect you; e) they can fall in love with you. Sometimes we think that loving someone can be such a risk. How else would we win if we do not take chance? We don’t lose by loving; we lose by holding back. Never whisper the words of love if the feeling is not true. Never share your feelings when you mean to break a heart. Never look someone’s eyes if all you do is a lie. Never say hello if you really mean goodbye.

The Meaning of Love

February 19th, 2008 by xtyl-babe

What exactly is love? Is there an absolute meaning to the word - love? Or is it purely subjective? The concept of true love is what we search for all our lives. Yet love is one of the most misunderstood concepts of all. What people really want more than anything else is to be loved unconditionally; to be accepted for who we are, and still be loved. Sometimes we will do some crazy things, in the name of love. Love is actually the choice one makes to put someone’s wishes, desires and needs above our own. Many people confuse the word love with the meaning of the word want or desire. For example, sometimes when a young man tells the woman of his dreams, I love you, when he means that he wants her because of his own selfish desires. He’s the one that may feel all excited over her, but in reality he may want her because of her physical appearance, or because of her mentality or her ability to make him feel good or important. Notice his primary motive for pursuing her is based on himself and his desires; not on pleasing her, although he may choose to please her, but that’s only based upon the fulfillment of his wants. The same goes for a young woman, when she says to the man of her dreams, I love you, she in fact means that she wants him because of his physical appearance, status, mentality or his ability to make her feel good or important. This usage of the word love for the meaning of the word want is ever so present in the way we use and abuse it. Since we are selfish creatures, and our understanding of love is to first be pleased, look at how this word is overused. · I love Papa John’s pizza. · I just love Gone with the Wind. · I loved Titanic. · I love Jazz Music. · I love Beethoven. · To better understand the concept of love, lets define the value of love. Love is the most valuable commodity in the world. We all need love just like a fish needs water. Without love, life would not be worth living. With love in our lives, we are empowered beyond belief. Without love in our lives we will shrivel up and die a slow, painful and lonely death. Love is the very essence and core of our being. It is the energy that sustains who and what we are. Everyone in life has a deep-rooted desire to love and be loved. Many times people only recognize love in its emotional form. We might hear people on television say things like, I don’t love you anymore, as they express their emotional feelings. However, love is a lot more than what we feel. Love is a spiritual form of energy that can be given or received in physical, emotional, or mental forms. Love usually starts in our thoughts, then spreads to the physical world through our actions, and then it will produce the emotional feelings. For example, it is possible to be angry with our spouse and force ourselves to do something nice for them in our actions, like buying flowers. Pretty soon our emotions kick in and after we see how happy our partner is upon receiving the gift, our emotions will follow. Love is a spiritual gift from a supreme force that starts mentally and finds its way to physical expression, but the emotional feelings we call love have very little to do with what love really is all about. Furthermore, love can also come in healthy and unhealthy forms. Love is an energy that can be used in a positive, healthy manner or a negative, unhealthy manner. There is unconditional love, which is very accepting, supporting and forgiving. There is tough love, which is disciplined, authoritative and conforming. For example, if a father’s son were using drugs, he could unconditionally love him and accept his destructive behavior, hoping that he doesn’t overdose and die. Or he could use tough love and put him in a rehabilitation hospital in an attempt to save his life. So as a result, too much tough love can be unhealthy, just like too much unconditional love can be unhealthy. The acceptance of love also plays a role in better understanding the concept of love. Many times we give love to our partner the same way we would like to receive it. But loving a person this way might not be in their best interests. If our gift of love fails to promote the good in the other person, they might not like it and reject it. Other times we might expect to be loved by our partners in the same way we were loved as children by our parents. For example, if our parents made us feel loved by buying us things, we might associate loving actions especially in the form of gifts, jewelry, clothes and expensive toys. Our partner could be the most loving, supportive, compassionate, understanding and caring person in the world and it’s possible we could overlook their loving intentions if they didn’t come from a store. In conclusion, to love others takes effort, and in some cases this can be very hard work. Ideally, we should also be able to love people who we don’t particularly like or find attractive. This is not as unreasonable as it may sound, if we understand that love is not just a feeling, but it is expressed when we do something for another person that benefits their spiritual and emotional growth, which in turn helps them realize their full human potential.

Is it Really Love?

February 19th, 2008 by xtyl-babe
Since a very long time ago, people have searched for the meaning of love. But even the great philosophers, with their profound definitions, could not fully touch its true essence. In a survey of 4-8 year olds, kids share their views on love. But what do little kids know about love? Read on and be surprised that despite their young and innocent minds, kids already have a simple but deep grasp of that four-letter word.

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love."

"When someone loves you, the way she says your name is different. You know that your name is safe in her mouth."

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs."

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t yell at him because you know it would hurt his feelings."

"Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired."

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss but they look happy and sometimes they dance in the kitchen while kissing."

"Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."

"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no."

"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you’re scared she won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only does she still love you, she loves you even more."

"There are 2 kinds of love. Our love. God’s love. But God makes both kinds of them."

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they’ve know each other so well."

"Love is-if you hold hands and sit beside each other in the cafeteria. That means you’re in love. Otherwise, you can sit across from each other and be okay."

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken."

"Don’t feel so bad if you don’t have a boyfriend. There’s lots of stuff you can do without one."

"If you want somebody to love you, then just be yourself. Some people try to act like somebody else, somebody the boy likes better. I think the boy isn’t being very good if he does this to you and you should just find a nicer boy."

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day"

"When you’re born and see your mommy for the first time.

"Love is what makes people hide in the dark corners of movie theaters."

"Love goes on even when you stop breathing and you pick up where you left off when you reach heaven."

"My enemies taught me how to love."

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

"You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

"You have to fall in love before you get married. Then when you’re married, you just sit around and read books together."

"Love cards like Valentine’s cards say stuff on them that we’d like to say ourselves, but we wouldn’t be caught dead saying."

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
 
"You never have to be lonely. There’s always somebody to love, even if it’s just a squirrel or a kitten."

"You can break love, but it won’t die."

I hope you have some time right now

December 18th, 2007 by xtyl-babe

I hope you have some time right now;
It’s not easy when two people care about each
other and live far apart.

I hope you have some time right now
To hear me out,
Because I have a lot of things to say.

I hope you have some time right now;
I think we need to talk
Face to face.
Can we do that?
I miss you, but my mind has power over my heart.
You see, my heart has led me to dead end roads
before.

I hope you have some time right now;
There are just a few things I wanted to say.
Whatever happens between me and you,
I know it can’t stay this way.
I’m insecure and worry too much;
This, my dear, I know.
I spend my time very lonely,
Thinking of you and what could be.

I hope you have some time right now
To understand how much you mean to me.
And at night when we are both alone… hopefully -
Please think of me.

I hope you have some time right now
To think this through responsibly.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too,
Or so the story goes.
In my opinion, Honey,
You can have ice cream with it if you want.
A cherry too!
The cards are yours to deal and play.
But I don’t want to be your Joker in the pack.
Play with me fair.

I hope you have some time right now;
Turn the TV down and listen.
I need to know where we stand.
Are our feet together or apart?
Where have you hidden the rest of your heart?
I’ve given you mine,
Arteries, veins and all.
Either give me the whole thing,
Or keep it all to yourself.
See, I’m a selfish person;
As if you didn’t know.
What I want for myself,
I don’t like to share.

I hope you have some time right now;
Think all of this through real slow.
Your decision will only be part of the play.
Somebody still has to make a goal.
I’m on defense;
I won’t let you through.
Nothing comes that easy.
First off, you have to talk to me.

I hope you have some time right now;
I sure found it.
Writing this only took a few minutes,
But I’m sure its impact on you will be
longer than that.
I just want some effort on your part.
I’ve thought about this day and night.
You don’t have to write or call me all the time.
Do those things when you want.
I just want to know you love me.
There’s very little talk and very little action.
They should be higher than that!
If you love me, Show it.
If you don’t, just say it.
Even if you don’t love me, its okay,
That doesn’t mean it’s the end.
You see, I fell for you a long time ago;
And I don’t like it when people pretend.
We can still talk and have our fun,
But I need to know what’s going on.
If this is too serious and strong for you
right now,
Just tell me.
I will understand.

I hope you have some time right now;
This poem is nearly done.
If you keep my heart and break it,
Truly, nobody will have won.
I want to spend my days of youth happy,
Not twisted up in knots of hate.
Don’t do that to me;
Tell me what’s going on,
And I will share my thoughts with you.
But if you don’t act or say something,
Then you are leaving me to assume.
Assumptions aren’t good;
At least not when they are from me.
If all you want is a girl,
And not me particularly,
Then they have a lot of other fish in the sea.
I am not Pinocchio;
Don’t treat me like a puppet.
I know that sounds hypocritical,
When I tell you do this and do that.
I do that because I am afraid that whatever
You decide to do on your own
May not be what makes me happy.

So my love I have come to my little conclusion;
I have work to go and do.
Just remember one thing,
And live by it too…
I love you.
Never say I don’t love you.

I hope you have some time right now;
And if you don’t then the story is clear to me.
For now I will just end with this…
____________________________________

Bet you think that’s strange.
It’s a blank line.
I can’t read the future or think ahead in time!
You and I will shape that line,
Together or apart.
Let’s not cut it, okay?

I hope you have some time right now;
I miss you and I know what you would say.
You’re an open book,
But somewhere along the line I skipped a couple
of pages
So I could reach the beautiful end;
Now I’m sorry I did that,
And that’s in the past.
No crying over spilt milk.
Do you want to try this again?
As friends?
Or more?
The choice is yours.
Let me know what you think.

I hope you have some time right now
To read this "short" poem.
Please come and look in my eyes,
And see the life I’ve lived.
I want the rest to be picture perfect,
With you in it -
As a friend or a lover
It doesn’t matter,
Once you are a part of my life.

I hope you have some time right now,
To hear a few more words leave my lips.

"Decide what you want, my love.
I won’t hold you as the culprit if things go wrong,
It takes two to tango, meringue, or salsa.
If your feelings are strong, express them.
If they are weak do the same. Just let me know."

I hope you have some time right now
To think this story out.
You only owe me one thing -
Honesty.

I hope you made the time just now
To revise this first edition.
If not… then the end of this story has already
been written.
Is that how you want it?

                                                    

What’s to Become of You?

May 3rd, 2007 by xtyl-babe

"What’s to become of me?" you say?

That may be the wrong question. What more is to become of me? Ask yourself that question and see what comes up. You always want to be working on the more of you which is the best of the rest of you! What’s left? What more can you contribute to others than by always working on really being more than you have been for yourself and for them? The emphasis is on being. Be. Become.

Become more than you are!

What you think about is what you are becoming. Thinking about what you have thought about in the past is what got you to this point. Look forward to the present. What you are thinking right now contributes to who and what more will become of you. Becoming more than you are happens when you make the decision to only think and live who you really are becoming.

You are what you think!

When you become more than you are, you accomplish not only the personal rewards that come with doing the best you can, you become an accomplishment from which others can model. What is the more that you can become? Think about it! Only work on that, and all the other stuff you value will fall in line in good order and for the good of all concerned.

Think of yourself as an accomplishment!

Are you proud of you as an accomplishment? Are you proud of the example you are for others to become? To take a liberty with one of my favorite good thoughts, "Let your light so shine that others may feel the accomplishment you are."

You don’t have to believe that you make a difference for it to be true!

Look at your children. Look at your significant other. Look at those around you that mean the most. Think of the times you did good and you knew it and you knew that they knew it. Look at yourself and love yourself for doing the best you could, even when it didn’t feel like it. You never, ever should look at what didn’t work except to learn from the experience. The past is not changeable. There is no future in it.

The future is up to you!

It’s true that others are influenced by your speaking and your actions in many, many different ways. Keep looking forward. That was then. . . this is now!

What more is to become of you?

What personal project could you be working on? How about your relationship with yourself first, then relationships with others. You know, the project you can put all of your energy in, because you know that it feeds on the energy you give it. That personal project knows the law of circulation. It gives energy back to you. You both win! And others around you are indeed influenced by that. You begin to see them as winners becoming. Now. . . what about you?

What more is to become of you?