 | Blogs > RickieDee > The Poet's Place > Love is like that... |
|
Last night, a friend lost her mother. Her mother was deaf and had written on a slate that she loved her. My friend is a world-class poet and wrote and posted a poem, even in her trying hour. The following is what I wrote and posted as a comment: Love is like that... When my daughter was small, I'd say, "So, how much do you love me?" And she'd reply, "I love you a hundred, daddy," in her mind a hundred meaning a whole lot. Mothers are like that, too: they love a hundred, maybe a million, and the energies emanating from that love stir us to the bone, and we learn to love like that. We, too, love a hundred, and one of love's greatest components is the enduring strength it proffers upon us. If we measure things in the flesh, of course, we miss the point: love, in reality, is endless. And when we allow for the endlessness, when we slip into it, knowingly and submissively, we are forever with the one who now resides there. The slate upon which love is now written spans the vastness of forever, and while it may take special eyes to see it, to see it is to live it, and to live it is to access Eternity and to continue walking the communal course. It is not about tears of sorrow, but of joy. It is not about an aching heart, but a heart bursting with gratitude and knowing. It is not about a wounded soul, for a soul has no wounds. It is, now, and always, about the profundity of Love. And Love is the Continuum. It has no equal but it imparts on us the Equal Opportunity. Love, Richard |
||
11/3/2009 6:06 am |
If we measure things in the flesh, of course, we miss the point: love, in reality, is endless. Oh how I particularly loved this line.. thecatsmeoww The longest journey made in your life is from your head to your heart."
| ||
11/3/2009 6:08 am |
How true! Some words can never be erased from the slate. What love imparts, should not be measure of self esteem but a measure of our desire to "pay it forward"
| ||
11/3/2009 6:10 am |
Please do pass along my sincere condolences to your friend on the passing of her mother.. I am not sure but perhaps she once participated here on the message boards at one time? thecatsmeoww The longest journey made in your life is from your head to your heart."
| ||
11/3/2009 7:09 am |
Hi thecatsmeoww. Thank you for the feedback. This was my friend's birth mother, from whom she'd been separated at a very young age and whom she'd only recently found again. It's all very moving. My friend has never posted on this board. In any case, your sentiments hold considerable meaning in this. Richard
| ||
11/3/2009 7:10 am |
Hi jiminycricket1. Thank you so much for the insightful feedback on this. A very good approach to life you have. Richard
|
 |
 |
 |
| Become a member to comment on this blog | ||
 |
