LOVE IS....
By OLIVENE GODFREY
I've written many words on the subject of love. Still, during the many years I wrote a daily newspaper column, almost every week, readers would request another "love" column. And, there really is no great mystery as to why love is of interest to all of us. Perhaps all the talk, songs and writings about love arises from our mixed emotions about love.
We can't do without love. And we can't buy it. It never appears in its own pure form. We can't chemically synthesize love in a laboratory test and exhibit unadulterated love. It's never seen but we feel its presence. Yet. we can't touch it. The mystery of love seems to lie in its omnipresent invisibility.We may see the glow of love appear on a face and love can change a person's entire life style. But, love itself remains a hidden force.
We cannot command that another person love us. Nothing inhibits a person more than being ordered to love. And, when we try to love under those circumstances we only become more inhibited, more tense, and less capable of expressing love. Love has been compared to life in the sense that we're dependant upon something over which we have so little control. Actually, love and life are the same. Love is self-activated life. Some people avoid psychology because they believe that, "what I don't know won't hurt me." And it may be true that what we don't know about ourselves won't hurt us. But, what we do know can help us. We have to decide if the initial hurt is worth the pain in view of long-range benefit which can follow if we do make an effort to know and to love ourselves.
Love means confirmation of life. Love for ourselves means we should take this life force more seriously than anything positively negativity about our own personal make-up. We love because we love. But, we like something or somebody pleases us. Love can't be turned on and off, according to our desires. Love feeds the self to set it free and helps the self to come into its own.
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As I write this, we're bracing for another winter storm to hit us hard here in Northwest Georgia. When I got up this morning, the temp outside was 14 degrees but has warmed up some now. The snow is expected to start tonight. Unfortunately, our heat pump still hasn't been fixed and we're using a large kerosene heater which keeps the den and kitchen warm. I pray the electric power stays on but we are prepared in case it doesn't. The weather folks tell us to expect a 5 to 7 inch snow. I'll be back soon with the latest on the storm from here.
See you next time.
By OLIVENE GODFREY
I've written many words on the subject of love. Still, during the many years I wrote a daily newspaper column, almost every week, readers would request another "love" column. And, there really is no great mystery as to why love is of interest to all of us. Perhaps all the talk, songs and writings about love arises from our mixed emotions about love.
We can't do without love. And we can't buy it. It never appears in its own pure form. We can't chemically synthesize love in a laboratory test and exhibit unadulterated love. It's never seen but we feel its presence. Yet. we can't touch it. The mystery of love seems to lie in its omnipresent invisibility.We may see the glow of love appear on a face and love can change a person's entire life style. But, love itself remains a hidden force.
We cannot command that another person love us. Nothing inhibits a person more than being ordered to love. And, when we try to love under those circumstances we only become more inhibited, more tense, and less capable of expressing love. Love has been compared to life in the sense that we're dependant upon something over which we have so little control. Actually, love and life are the same. Love is self-activated life. Some people avoid psychology because they believe that, "what I don't know won't hurt me." And it may be true that what we don't know about ourselves won't hurt us. But, what we do know can help us. We have to decide if the initial hurt is worth the pain in view of long-range benefit which can follow if we do make an effort to know and to love ourselves.
Love means confirmation of life. Love for ourselves means we should take this life force more seriously than anything positively negativity about our own personal make-up. We love because we love. But, we like something or somebody pleases us. Love can't be turned on and off, according to our desires. Love feeds the self to set it free and helps the self to come into its own.
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As I write this, we're bracing for another winter storm to hit us hard here in Northwest Georgia. When I got up this morning, the temp outside was 14 degrees but has warmed up some now. The snow is expected to start tonight. Unfortunately, our heat pump still hasn't been fixed and we're using a large kerosene heater which keeps the den and kitchen warm. I pray the electric power stays on but we are prepared in case it doesn't. The weather folks tell us to expect a 5 to 7 inch snow. I'll be back soon with the latest on the storm from here.
See you next time.
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