The nature of love is not conveyed with words but rather impulses of the spirit. When a child tells its parent - " I love you", far more is conveyed then words can express, likewise the parent to the child.
So are the words necessary? They are nice to hear and are always a wonderful reassurance but they are not totally necessary for the impulse to be experienced. Does the love stop when the two are apart? Is it affected by distance apart? If my mother or father were on the moon are another planet or even another galaxy - would that affect my love for them or their love for me? I KNOW it wouldn't! Both my parents are now beyond this existence and yet their love still is felt by me and my love for them is still alive and grows.
True peace can only be found where such love is known and experienced - this leads to true contentment in that relationship for two such hearts will always be united in love.
So why does love sometimes appear to die? I don't have the answers but here are a few thoughts:- Was it really love to begin with or something we thought was love? Love is a living thing and must be mutually fed - was it being fed? Mutually?
We cannot control the heart of another, we cannot control the influences that the other's heart will be exposed to nor can we control how the other reacts to those influences! The best we can do is to love unconditionally and let go! I believe the old proverb was spot on -
So are the words necessary? They are nice to hear and are always a wonderful reassurance but they are not totally necessary for the impulse to be experienced. Does the love stop when the two are apart? Is it affected by distance apart? If my mother or father were on the moon are another planet or even another galaxy - would that affect my love for them or their love for me? I KNOW it wouldn't! Both my parents are now beyond this existence and yet their love still is felt by me and my love for them is still alive and grows.
True peace can only be found where such love is known and experienced - this leads to true contentment in that relationship for two such hearts will always be united in love.
So why does love sometimes appear to die? I don't have the answers but here are a few thoughts:- Was it really love to begin with or something we thought was love? Love is a living thing and must be mutually fed - was it being fed? Mutually?
We cannot control the heart of another, we cannot control the influences that the other's heart will be exposed to nor can we control how the other reacts to those influences! The best we can do is to love unconditionally and let go! I believe the old proverb was spot on -
If you love something , then let it go free, if it remains with you after that, then you occupy a place in its heart, if it goes and does not return, then you have never occupied a place in its heart!
My heart is like a budding flower
Which by God's love does grow-
Though stretching its heart towards the sun
Till blooming its heart does not show.
When unveiled, the splendor of such a flower
Moves hearts and brings joys untold.
Behold now my heart holds far more power,
Than the heart of a flower can hold!
JPS 1974
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