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Love is not a mere feeling, but a path towards self-discovery, an opportunity to grow and transform both as an individual and as part of a partnership. To love someone deeply is to embark upon a journey that challenges us, inspires us, and ultimately helps us become our best selves.

-me

currently listening to Your love's supreme, by Chante Moore

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About Love

 Love is a complex emotion that can be difficult to define. For many, love is seen as a feeling, something that comes and goes depending on circumstances. However, what if we looked at love as a verb instead? Something that requires action and effort, rather just a fleeting feeling? In today's post, I'll explore what it means to see love as a verb and the benefits it can bring. 

When we view love as a verb, it becomes an intentional act of giving, offering support, and demonstrating affection to those we care about. It becomes an understanding that love isn't something you just feel, but something you do.

This perspective on love is backed up by research. Studies show that love can help decrease blood pressure, lower stress levels, and improve mental health. But what kind of love? As it turns out, the love that has the greatest impact on our health and well-being is the love we give. The act of loving requires intentionality, effort, and engagement. And in giving love, we reap the manifold benefits of our action, which is why seeing love as a verb is so important. 

Moreover, seeing love as a verb also means that we open up our minds and hearts to all possible ways in which love can be expressed. It could be spending quality time together, cooking meals for your partner, thoughtful gestures like leaving little love notes, doing something special for someone, an unexpected hug, or simply making an effort to be present and attentive when they are speaking.

Lastly, it is important for us to remind one another that love isn't always easy to put into action, and it takes effort and persistence to maintain. The good news is that there is no scarcity of love to go around. We can put in effort with our romantic partners, family members, friends, colleagues, and pets. Love is a renewable resource, and each time we approach it as a verb, we prove that we can never truly run out of it, nor the affection that comes with it.

In conclusion, seeing love as a verb is transformative and can bring positive change to our lives and relationships. By taking intentional action, expressing affection, and showing support, we can improve our mental and physical health, as well as our connections with others. Love is something we give and receive; to experience it at its fullest, we must begin by giving it.

-me

Currently listening to Don't You Know That, by Luther Vandross 

loving u is like a revolution

(within me

                          ) a change

i can feel

but i can’t see

a movement

a revival of sorts;

slowly bringing back to life something I thought was dead

or unused for so long that it had closed up

loving you is like a revolution

a spinning around in my head

a new heart

to replace the old one that had hardened

from prolonged exposure to the cold, lies, bullshit, and the lack of appreciation.

and suddenly I’m loving what I used to hate

and hating what I used to love

I don’t care that I’m wearing clothes I don’t like, obviously,

or spending hours with you at the mall

or going to your church

because I’m with you and loving you.

what am I doing,

and who is this person that made this new change?

this is not like me;

what is happening?

I know what it is….

I’m being loved and cherished and appreciated and respected in return!

(fin-

ally)

--alexgeorge

- That One Word

                       One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is love.     --Sophocles

-Love

Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.

                           ~Congolese Proverb

Love

Before I find it, I devote my life looking for it.

And when I finally find it, I devote my life living for it.

If love

Love, 

by the time your gps locates               
and directs u towards me
I hope I will not b 2 exhausted
2 receive u
even though
u
will be greatly
ap-
preciated/ this
u
will
know


(am i going through a tunnel and I don't know it and that's why you can't find me? )

--alexgeorge

ENOUGH

I have had enough of no love.

#jussayin'

-Quote

When asked why he  is so  giving and nurturing  and loving,

he said,

"I've learned the cost of not loving enough."

- Anonymous

love is an audible whisper

Question

can you love deeply or is your loving just on the surface? and do you take advantage of those who love you because you know you can?

Time after Time (100 words)

Because Jenny knew how it felt to love and be loved in return, she understood. After knowing how happy her grandmother was , she was willing to fight anyone who came between her and the person who used her own life savings to take care of her when even her kids turned their backs on her because of who she loved. It was high school when they met. Jenny’s great grandmother didn’t like their bond so they moved from Chicago to Atlanta. But they found each other 50 yrs later, after their husbands died. And they stayed together until death.....

 I was challenged to write a short story in 100 words. The above is what I came up with.

You'll know it when it arrives.

SOMETIMES friendships and relationships come to an impasse because God is ready for you to meet the person you're supposed to be with. That relationship could be like a waiting room, where you're waiting for your name to be called.

Those were the days

When I was younger, I took it upon myself to remind my sister when it was Mother’s Day, and when it was my mother’s birthday every year for about 15 years, which she appreciated because she could never remember them-

- until she got pregnant with my nephew and she informed my mom and myself that she was going to be a mother that year- and to please do not forget Mother’s day.

It was important that I did what was necessary to keep my mom happy.

I never reminded my sister of my birthday since she should always remember that it was 6 days after hers. But she always forgot. It took me 10 more birthdays to start forgetting hers as well.

Everyone I have ever loved, I remember their birthdays. I even remember their kids’ birthdays. Some I commemorate, some I don’t.

                       

a change of heart

                                             I've become the person I said I'd never be.

                         (I didn't say it was a bad thing)

i thought u wuz real

i thought u wuz real.

 

I thought u

    were the fulfillment of my hopes and dreams

 

but it turned out

you were not what you seamed.

 

i thought u wuz real.

Lauryn Hill asked a good question

Tell me who I have to be, to get some reciprocity?

(I ask myself this question every.single.day.of.my. life.) 

Finding it

       How many people do you need to love, before you learn to love yourself? 

Only Three Things Matter

In The End, Only Three Things Matter: How Much You Loved, How Gently You Lived, And How Gracefully You Let Go Of Things Not Meant For You. 

These are the thoughts I try to remember. Why did I choose for this to happen? What is the lesson here? It's as if I have a check-list of lessons to learn in a limited amount of time. One big obstacle course and scavenger hunt and labyrinth and capture-the-flag and hide and seek game all combined into what we call life.
So when it rains, I remember that it is on purpose.
When I can't see clearly through the window, I accept that maybe I'm not meant to.
When the doors don't open, I trust that I'm meant to take the longer way through for a better reason.
When I make a mistake, I know that tests can be taken again. Wrong sizes can be exchanged. Pencils have erasers. Computers allow us to cut and paste. Wounds heal and scar tissue is stronger.

 

Question of the day

Have you ever cut someone out of your life because you saw yourself in them?