Life is a four letter word – I think you spell it L-O-V-E

Morning all!

Today is another fine exciting start of the week, and what a week is in store for me!  Not only can I indulge in the joys of raising me family, but I also have to dot the t’s and cross the i’s for my latest product…and that means finishing:

• aMember backend/configuration
• Product packaging
• Finishing the 7 day eTutorial
• Setting up the ezine
• Completing the graphics
• Configuring the helpdesk’

and tons other stuff!   But hey, it’s character-building!

But I digress. 

On to today’s topic!

Today I’m in the mood to show gratitude to the people I love. 

Long long ago, back before the earth’s crust cooled and when the only cookies you saw were in supermarkets and not in your computer, I read the following poem (’twas 1985 I think).  It has stayed with me to this day.

Life is a four letter word……..
I think you spell it L-O-V-E

It’s really as simple as that……

No, I don’t really think that I can totally describe love
but I do know some things about it.

Seems to me that in order
to be in love, you have to be
able to be weak.

Sure, certain aspects of love
take a real strength. But, it is true
that in order to experience love at its
best, you have to be able to be weak,
vulnerable and accept the possibility
that you might get hurt.

If you are too tough to let yourself be so
open for attack, then I am afraid you
can never feel love to its fullest.

Is it worth it to take such a risk.
I don’t know the answer to that….
but I do know that even though I have
gotten hurt occasionally, I would do it
all over again. The Joys were more
memorable than the pain.

Actually, most of the times that I ended
up hurt were not because I left myself
vulnerable, but rather that my stupidity
tricked me into arming myself against
“the one I loved”, so that she couldn’t hurt
me.   Once I let myself take the defensive,
I usually ended up causing more problems
than I solved.

What should a person do:
Should a person be tougher and more
protective of themselves even though
they take away from the full effect of love….
Or should you be more vulnerable and
weak and open to possible attack….

I am WEAK! Not because
I choose to be this way….
but rather because in all honesty,
I know no other way.

I am weak….I sometimes get hurt….
but I have felt love….

-JT

Over 20 years it’s been since I first read those words (and JT, if you’re on the Internet still, drop me a line!)….and its magic still stays with me today.

I truly believe that love makes the world go ’round.  And I’m not just talking romantic love (although that rocks too!), I’m talking about your soul-friends, your family, the people whose presence in your life simply make you realize:

Gosh, I’m one lucky person to have it all!

To all the people who have touched my heart – I am grateful beyond words that you’re in my life. 

Sure, we can all be invulnerable and rock-hard and steady and the like….but friends, soul mates, loved ones and the like are really what makes your life worth living.

And my life is wondrous beyond belief because of these people.   Words really cannot express it….but the heart knows.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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