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Our Love Is Simple as a Song

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Hands cling to hands and eyes linger on eyes: thus begins the record of our hearts. It is the moonlight night of March; the sweet smell of henna is in the air; my flute lies on the earth neglected and your garland of flowers is unfinished. This love between you and me is simple as a song. Your veil of the saffron color makes my eyes drunk. The jasmine wreath that you wove me thrills to my heart like praise. It is a game of giving and withholding, revealing and screening again; some smiles and some little shyness, and some sweet useless struggles. This love between you and me is simple as a song. No mystery beyond the present; no striving for the impossible; no shadow behind the charm; no groping in the depth of the dark. This love between you and me is simple as a song. We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; we do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope. It is enough what we give and we get. We have not crushed the joy to the utmost to wring from it the w

To His Coy Mistress

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Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way to walk and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side shouldst rubies find: I by the tide of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, and you should, if you please, refuse till the conversion of the Jews. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, and you should, if you please, refuse till the conversion of the Jews. An hundred years should go to praise thine eyes and Two hundred to adore each breast; But thirty thousand to the rest; An age at least to every part, and the last age should show your heart; For Lady, you deserve this state, nor would I love at lower rate. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: Then worms shall try That long preserved virgini

Walk with you from A to Z

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       【A】Always waiting for you.    【B】Be with you.    【C】Calls you just to say Hi.    【D】Dear, Good night.    【E】Expect the whole of you.    【F】Forever stand by you.    【G】Give you what you need.    【H】Hope you enjoy your life.    【I 】I love you.    【J】You jump, I jump.    【K】Kiss you when you wake.    【L】Learn to know you.    【M】Make more surprise in your life.    【N】Never make you cry.    【O】Offer supper.    【P】Put you in my heart.    【Q】Quit your fears.    【R】Run with you.    【S】Sing a song for you.    【T】To be yours.    【U】Understand you.    【V】Value myself on you.    【W】Wake you up everyday.    【X】XL love.    【Y】You are always so addictive.    【Z】Zeal for you. 

Are you ready for love?

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More often than not, you encounter days where you just want someone in your life. This can be triggered by watching romantic comedies, reading an article on the internet or seeing your best friend happily settled with someone. Yes, they come, and they’re perfectly natural, but are you sure that’s what you really want? 1. Do you even know yourself well enough already? It’s important to know yourself before becoming part of a relationship. If you don’t stand for anything, you’ll find yourself unconsciously giving too much and questioning if it was even enough. Set standards on the people you want to be in your life and how you want to be treated. Know what you’re worth and eventually, you’ll make him or her believe it too. 2. You’re just in love with the concept of love. Cliché but this is most likely the situation if you think a relationship will save your life’s monotony. People always have a romanticized notion of what having a boyfriend or girlfriend would make them feel like. You to

Shmily

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My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word “shmily” in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving “shmily” around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once more.    They dragged “shmily” with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal. They smeared it in the dew on the windows overlooking the patio where my grandma always fed us warm, homemade pudding with blue food coloring. “Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath.        At one point, my grandmother even unrolled an entire roll of toilet paper to leave “shmily” on the very last sheet.        There was no end to the places “shmily” would pop up. Little notes with “shmily” scribbled hurriedly were found on dashboards a

What kind of person you are, you deserve the kind of love

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One thing you simply cannot ignore about your relationship is that there is another person in your life. Your partner is someone you have to care for, think about regularly, support and comfort. If you are not fulfilling these duties, your partner will feel neglected and hurt. Relationships can feel strained when you are neither confident in yourself nor feel personal self-worth. This is when you might feel overly dependent on a relationship, have low self-esteem and experience anxiety. So, what can you do when you feel yourself slipping into this pattern of emotional outbursts, self-doubt and dependency? Take time to self-reflect on your own life goals and ambitions. If tomorrow your partner was out of the equation, would you still feel content in the other areas of your life? If your goal is to look and feel healthier, set aside the time to exercise, meditate and eat well. If your goal is to switch jobs, start meeting with recruiters and networking. Making strides in your own life wi

Why did I decide to marry this man after three days?

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3 nights ago a human being changed my world forever. His name is Shane and I can't believe I found him. We've been dating for about 4 months now and every day seems to be better then the last. From his sense of humor, to his amazing interests to his warm smile he's wonderful and cute. But it wasn't until 3 nights ago that I realized how in love with him I am because of a single act of kindness. We were having date night and he's trying to suprise me with a salsa class. He heard me say on our first date I always found dancing amazing and wanted to be a ballet dancer when I was young but I never got the chance. Now at 29 I figure salsa or something would be more fun. So he decided to sign us up and we would begin classes. On our walk we were about to get on the subway until it happened. I was talking and I kept noticing he was looking over at someone not listening. Finally he said I'm sorry babe can you give me a second I need to check something. He walks over to

Love story of two mutes

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He is a mute. Although can understand others speech, cannot say ownactually feeling. She is his neighbor. The girl who is bound by a common destiny with thegrandmother. He really looks like an elder brother leads her to go toschool. Accompanies her to play, listens to her chirp with a smilegrasps the speech. He only uses the hand signal and she converses. Possible she tobe able to read his each look. Gazes at in her vision from elderbrother. She knew he has likes oneself. Afterwards, she finally tests went to college, extremely happy. Hethen starts to go all out to make money, then sends continuously forher. She has not rejected. Finally, she has graduated, started the work. Then, she said firmlyto him that,“Elder brother, I must marry to you!” He looked likeonly the frightened rabbit to escape, again is not willing to seeher, how regardless of she does entreat. Do you think I pity you? Do you think I appreciate you? No, I've fallen in love with you since I was 12. But, she can not

It is nice that someone still likes you

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I was in college and was sleeping deeply in my dorm room bed after a rough day of classes. Suddenly, I heard the door open and light from the hallway streamed in. My best friend and roommate was standing there unsteadily. His girlfriend had broken up with him earlier that day and he had spent the evening downtown in a bar trying to drown his sorrows with 13 whiskey sours. I got up and helped him to climb up into the bunk bed above me. He didn’t look so good. His face was whiter than normal and he could barely walk. After fending off some idiots on our floor who tried to get him to go back downtown for more drinking I finally got him to lay down. After a minute he said he was going to be sick. I managed to get him to the bathroom down the hall but he couldn’t throw up. I walked him slowly back to bed and got him into the top bunk again. I was just about to drift back off to sleep when I heard it: retching followed by 13 whiskey sours splashing on his sheets. I got him off the bed again,

Love is often a comedy

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1.Love is ever matter of comedies, and how and then of tragedies.  2.Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.  3.For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. 4.You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. 5.First impression of you is most lasting. 6.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 7.As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.  8.As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. 9.I feel happy at times we have had angry words but these have been kissed away. 10. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

The best memorial is to experience the story together

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One summer day in 1957, we headed to the courthouse for a marriage license. My husband-to-be, Steve, asked the clerk for a fishing license. She advised him a fishing license cost $1.50 and a marriage license cost $2.50. With some thought and a smile, he chose the marriage license, and so our life together, later filled with two children, began. Whenever we had a disagreement, I would remind my husband that he could have saved money had he chosen a fishing license, and it would have expired in a year. The extra dollar cost him 53 years of wedded bliss.

Fate under the stars

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One of my best chilhood memories with siblings was spending many wonderful nights gazing at the sky. We enjoyed the view of the amazing gathering of bright celestial objects above. When everybody's settled and ready, the search for the brightest and biggest star began. As we looked up towards its horizon, before even we could find the brightest and the biggest, we began noticing patterns among them. It made us believe that there is a universe out there. The universe has been perfectly arranging and putting them together. One starry night that I could never forget, I was sitting beside the window, when I saw a shooting star. It was a fascinating sight! They say, dreams come true when you wish upon seeing it falling. I made a wish. Many years later, that wish came true when I walked on the stage, wearing my toga and holding my diploma . As I continue my journey to search the meaning of life, these stars continue to brighten my path. Little did I know, at the other side of this planet

Love as my grandmother does

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My dear grandmother passed away almost 18 years ago but I still miss her every single day. She was such an important part of my life. My Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in her old house for most of my childhood. And when I close my eyes and open my heart that is how I remember her. I can still see her in her flower print, cotton dress with a flour dusted apron tied over it.  I can see her smiling face with her wispy hair all askew and her big glasses sliding down her nose. I can hear her high pitched voice say, "HELLO" as I opened the door after school while her arms opened to give me a big hug and kiss. I can even remember how she smelled. It was a curious combination of cold cream, Ben Gay, garlic, and tomato sauce. And when she hugged me I could feel the love and joy coming from her heart into mine. I thought I knew everything about my "Nana" but amazingly I am still learning more about her even today. Just yesterday an old family friend stopped to talk to me at t

That;s how mom and dad met

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She Asked Dad How He Met Mom. His Response Is The Best Thing You'll Read Today A high school senior named Sydney is writing an essay about her parents, so she asked Dad how he and Mom fell in love. Dad texted her the story, and now it's being shared all over the world. This is why... Dad: Your mom basically asks me to marry her. We both thought it would be funny to tell our friends since no one would believe it. So at first our engagement was a joke. Two weeks later I was absolutely madly in love with your mother. She was more than a dream come true for me. You guys only see her as R2D2. I get to see her as my best friend, my hilarious wife, and my beautiful queen when we get the chance to be away from here and work. You’ve probably seen the great side of mommy while alone with her at tourneys…idk? Married a year later. Had Brytt, first child? A daddy’s girl, made me cry. Had Q, my son and future and the future of the Willoughby name, plus someone I could teach to be a man. But

Cherish everyone you meet

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We don't meet people by accident. Every person you meet will have a role in your life, be it big or small. Some will help you grow, some will hurt you, some will inspire you to do better. At the same time, you are playing some role in their lives as well. Know that paths cross for a reason and treat people with significance. The best teachers are those who don't tell you how to get there but show the way. There is no better joy then helping people see a vision for themselves, seeing them go to levels higher than they ever would have imagined on their own. But that doesn't mean you have to fix them or enable them; instead, guide them to the source of their own power. Offer them support and motivation as they find their own way and show you what they're capable of. All you have to do is believe in them. Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up. We like to think of life as a meritocracy, so it's easy to look down on someone who isn't as successful

Why are you single?

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I'm single because: I am very, very, very picky. I figure I'd rather be single than be stuck in a relationship with someone I'm not totally crazy about. Unfortunately, the few who pass my standards do not seem to like me that way. I'm lazy. I don't make much of an effort to meet people and get to know mildly interesting people. I'm busy. I work a lot. Also, I do a lot of other things when I'm not at work and most of them do not involve meeting single men. I'm shy. I will not make the first move because rejection sucks. I take relationships seriously, that is something I can't help, so I become pretty emotionally involved. This results in me being extremely picky. Also, because relationships are so important to me when I have one, it's not really compatible with my being extremely busy at this younger stage in my life. Or maybe just because I'm young and don't really know what I am looking for, and thus am commitment-phobic.

Love is meant to be failed

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Love is meant to be failed! Why?Why love is meant to be failed? Have you ever thought about this? May be yes or may be no. OK, what I have thought about this is, why our love fails? Whenever we fall in love we forget everything. Yes everything, even our own self as well. This is the one of the main reasons for life failure. Everything is important in our life. Mother, father, our studies, friends, siblings etc, and we always ignore these things after getting committed. Think about it. There are also others love in our life which never fails. Have you ever heard about our love with parents is failed or love with friends or sibling failed. No, this kind of love never gets failed because we give them their quality of time but while commitment with boy or a girl we start ignoring everything. One more reason of getting love failed is over possessiveness . Why to rule on other's life. Do we like others to rule on us? Now what is this matter that you love whom, you have the right on him o

I found my husband's secret

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We keep no secrets from each other. I went looking for one of our old credit cards. He has a few little hidey holes for important stuff, he's like WALL-E, so I went to his bedside table, bottom drawer, where he occasionally keeps old financial stuff. And there it was, just staring at me. I had no idea. Every card I've ever given him, every cutesy love letter, every sappy post-it. Stacked neatly in the back corner. Some in envelopes, some out. Over six inches high. Every card I fretted over, every page of handwritten 3AM hopes and dreams. I'm a writer, so words are important to me and they are the way I express myself when it's difficult to do so verbally. He knows this. People always say it's so nice to see how happy we are. That we're "that couple". I feel it. It's not like we never left the honeymoon phase. We had some issues for a while, most people don't know, but we pushed through and we're both better partners because of it. I never t

You are my happiness

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She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the wall-was a freshly baked peach pie. I heard her sing when I opened the door but did not want to interrupt the beautiful song by yelling I had arrived, so I just tiptoed to the living room. I looked at how her still-lean body bent beautifully, her arms greeting the sunlight that was pouring through the window. And her legs… Those legs that had stiffly walked, aided with a cane, insensible shoes as long as I could remember. Now she was wearing beautiful dancing shoes and her legs obeyed her perfectly. No limping. No stiffness. Just beautiful, fluid motion. She was the pet of the dancing world. And then she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper clipping. She turned around in a slow pirouette and saw me standing in the doorway. Her song ended, and her beaut

Is wealth and happiness really related?

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So, is it that we have been thinking in the wrong way all along? Don’t care too much about money, because money can only interfere with your pursuit of happiness. The irony is that people think they will be happy when they have money. In fact, money has nothing to do with happiness. If you are happy and have money, you can use money in exchange for happiness. However, if you are not happy but have money, then your money can only bring you more misfortune, as money is only a neutral force. Please do not get me wrong. I am not against money. I have no objection to anything. But money is just a means. Money will allow you to move forward with your current lifestyle, no matter how good or bad it is. But people still keep chasing money as if money can bring them happiness. Whenever they realize that they can find money at another crossing road of life, they will immediately reverse their lifestyle and change their way of life. But once these people find money, they immediately lose themselv