Love is...
C.S. Lewis wrote, "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken." Then he concluded, "The only place outside of heaven where you can be perfectly safe from the danger of love is hell."
Lewis is not talking about love as we have reduced it in common language. We love everything from cheesecake to fried zucchini. But love is a relational word-personal and interpersonal. It involves risk and a willingness to be vulnerable.
In relationships there is usually a price to pay. When we love, what hurts another hurts us; what brings them sorrow brings us tears. What causes them anxiety makes our hearts beat faster.
If you want to be safe from pain, don't love. But if you want to be human, go ahead and accept the fact that you *have to* love, even though love is dangerous.
STORMS
As I sit on the beach today I am reminded of a poem a friend of mine wrote. It is titled Storms Never Last. And as I sit her today, I just hope and pray she is right. Storms come but they also go.
I try to remember that if we never have the storms we surely wouldn't appreciate the sun as much.
Personally, I have always been someone who basks in the sun. I think that is because there have been many storms in my life. So whenever just a little ray of sun shines through, I grab it and hold it close.
Sometimes I really believe that if I hold it and I care for it and I give it just what it needs it will grow into a huge sunbeam that will light my path and warm me for many days to come. And then sometimes after holding it and caring for it, I find it was just a little glimmer that soon fades.
But I know that if I had never grabbed hold of it in the first place there wouldn't have been that bright warm glow in my heart and in my life. Though I would have liked for it to stay longer and not fade away, I realize its time has gone.
So I need to be happy for the time it was here and thankful for it kept me warm and made me happy even if only for a little while.
As I look into the sky today, there are clouds on the horizon and the sunbeam has faded and left me for now. But I will carry it around in my heart to take out on those days when I need a reminder, like today, that Storms Never Last.
...Cheri Lee Funk
Here is my poem....
Storms Never Last
I hear thunder in the distance
Something strange is in the air
A cold wind is blowing
Like a whisper through my hair.
The sun turns to darkness
The sky as black as night
My blood runs colder
A feeling of inner fright.
Icy breezes like fingertips
Brush against my face
I pray this storm passes quickly
And never leaves a trace.
I believe deep in my heart
As my mind recalls the past
The sun soon will shine again.
Storms never last.
For my cyber friend...Happy Valentine's Day
Even Now
When the days are cold and bleak
you bring warmth and sunshine to my day!
I know you don't know how much joy you bring
or the many times you have made me smile
when I was feeling down and sad
But I wanted you to know that YOU
and YOU alone have made my days complete
and I don't care what others might say
because they lack the understanding
of knowing how important you are to me!
In the cold dead of winter or
the middle of a summer's heat wave ...
You bring laughter and joy into my life ..
You always seem to make the days seem brighter
for the moments that we share here online !!
I know I can always count on you
for the moments that we share
to give me peace of mind again
sharing little tid-bits of advise that saves my day
or making me laugh when I really want to cry!
You will always be my best online friend
and today
I want to send to you
a big cyberhug
and tell you
thanks
FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU DO !!!!
... your secret admirer
