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I wonder a lot about love…in all her forms and shapes and sizes…

how something so universal can be filled with so many mysteries and surprises.

How can something that feels so beautiful be as invisible as the wind?

How is it that only when she brushes up against our heart

do we know where she has been?

I wonder how many kinds of love are out there.

I wonder how love came to be.

Is there a limit to her varieties or are they like waves on an endless sea?

Is there a kind of love that lasts forever

a love so strong we can see it in ones eyes?

Are there some loves built to weather any storm?

Some loves that never die?

I wonder is love floating around always waiting for the right two people to come along?

Does love ever make a mistake…is it possible for love to get it wrong?

Is there some love that has an expiration date as it sits upon a shelf within our heart?

A love that’s fades away as two people drift apart?

As confusing as love can be…it seems to get simpler the older I grow

and I accept the fact when it comes to love…there is so much I don’t know.

For I have learned love is fragile…that she must to be nurtured every day

If not, then like a rainbow stretching across a clear blue sky, 

she will slowly fade away.

And I’ve learned love is like a precious stone…

that it’s impossible to own her…

and whether we hold onto her forever…

or only for a moment

how lucky we are to have known her. 

Throughout my life's journey, the universe has conspired,

To weave our paths together, as destiny aspired.

In the tapestry of time, where stars align so true,

I found a love so radiant, my heart belongs to you.

The whispers of the cosmos, in celestial ballet,

Guided every step I took, toward this blessed day.

In every fleeting moment, in every breath I drew,

The universe was scheming, to lead me straight to you.

Now that I have found you, my soul's eternal flame,

My heart has burst with joy, life will never be the same.

For you, for us, for all our dreams, together we shall rise,

With love that lights the darkest night, beneath the boundless skies.

In every beat, in every sigh, our future brightly gleams,

Two hearts entwined in harmony, fulfilling all our dreams.

For you, for us, the world now glows with colors pure and bright,

And hand in hand, we'll journey on, into love's endless light.

When the night falls on today

may we all be blessed to know

we have someone or something in our life

making us happily awaiting 

and anticipating tomorrow

On a recent morning walk when I’d traveled about halfway from my house

on the curb of the street in front of me…I encountered a cat and mouse.

The cat wasn’t chasing the mouse…in fact both seemed quite serene. 

this was unlike any cat and mouse…I had ever seen.

Excuse me Mrs. Cat and Mouse,” I said. 

“There’s something I’d like to know?”

“Aren’t you supposed to be mortal enemies…you know like forever foes?”

Both cat and mouse shrugged their shoulders then said simultaneously

“Why would you ask that?”

“Because,” I said pointing at them, 

“you were born a mouse…and you were born a cat?”

“Weren’t you brought up to hate each other from the moment of your births?

Don’t you wish the other one of you was no longer on this Earth?”

“Now wouldn’t that be a horrible way to live?” The cat said

as she leaned over and gave the mouse a kiss.

“Yes!” The mouse said petting the cat.

“Think of all the things we’d miss.”

But if you’re not taught to hate each other,” I asked, “then how do you choose to live?”

“You silly human.” The cat said as the mouse laughed.

“We’ve been taught to share…to love…to give.”

I thanked them for their time, shook their little paws 

and as I walked away I thought…Imagine that!

finding this much wisdom on the street from a random mouse and cat.

They were still upon my mind when I finally reached my house…

I was thinking how we humans could change the world

if we stopped playing cat and mouse.

If we stopped chasing one another, stopped fighting, 

and show. more love and acceptance to everyone we meet…

If we found a way to act less like humans 

and more like that cat and mouse I met out on the street.

If we choose to share our love and life with someone

whether it be a man and woman, 

two women 

or two men…

may we be blessed as the year slip by

to fall in love with that person…

over…and over…again

 A couple who’d been married for a few years were sitting together

listening to music one day…

when Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl…on the radio began to play.

“It’s one of my favorite songs!” He said.

Which was something she already knew.

“Because, every time I hear it,” he said and she mouthed,

“it makes me think of you.”

“I know it’s one of your favorite songs.” She said, 

“But when I hear it I’m always a little frustrated.

because I know a different brown eyed girl

was the first girl you ever dated.”

“That first brown eyed girl and I were together a lifetime ago.” He nodded.

“But now that we’re together here’s something you should know…”

“I shared a couple months in high school with her…

but you and I are sharing a life!

I chose that brown eyed girl to be my girlfriend…

but I chose you to be my wife.”

It’s been many years since that moment…

but…to this day…something they both notice is…

now, whenever that song comes on the radio…her smile matches his.

Sometimes they sit and listen to it quietly…

Sometimes they dance…with a dip…maybe even a twirl…

and she’s been happy knowing all this years

she’s been his brown eyed girl.

He believes he first fell in love with her eyes…they are so revealing…

they’ve always told her story…..expressed how she was feeling. 

Through all their years together he is no longer surprised

how easily he can read her…when he looks into her eyes.

The way her happiness, her joy, her excitement…

her sense of adventure…her ecstasy…

come bursting through her eyes makes it easy for him to see.

Sharing in her joy and laughter is effortless …as they are easy to discern…

but dealing with her sadness……Well…this he had to learn.

When he saw sadness in her eyes…this made him want to find a way

to look into those eyes and make her sadness go away.

He tried to do things to make her happy…to find words both comforting and wise…

anything and everything he could think of to bring the joy back to her eyes.

But words don’t often stop one’s sorrow….this principle is ironclad!

and when sadness surfaces or re-surfaces

a person just needs some time to be a little sad.

Now he silently holds her in her sorrow…because through the years he’s learned

her eyes will reveal the moment her happiness returns.

For he is confident knowing her sorrow will fade away eventually

and that her sad eyes still have many happy moments…she has yet to see.

Today I’m thankful for love…

and for it’s primary goal…

to take the pieces of our life

and find a way to make us whole.

Sometimes I think if we had paid better attention to basic math 

it would be easier to follow our hearts….

and the Earth would be one whole…

instead of broken into parts.

I imagine in elementary school we could not contemplate

the importance of basic math in terms of love and hate.

Even now I have to wonder: as to what might be your reaction

when I tell you love and hate come down to simple addition and subtraction?

I draw your attention to those math lessons…the ones on basic facts…

Love as a plus…adds beauty to the world

Hate, as a minus…subtracts.

And if I may take a moment to extend this view, this perception…this vision

love and hate also relate…to multiplication…and division.

Hate divides us, it tears people apart…

it separates us by color, shape and size

Love brings us together…

it accumulates…it multiplies.

Perhaps some of us should go back to school and re-learn our basic facts

because until their connection to love and hate…we are all able to see

The Earth will remain only a fraction…

of the whole Earth she was created to be.