Relationships

Looking to a relationships for love is like looking outside of oneself for a lifeline. It's also putting the cart before the horse. Until we discover love within ourselves, we can't authentically share it with anyone else. We confuse the rush of romance for love and give it more weight than it deserves. We give great importance to the symbols that Hollywood has assigned to love - good looks, great sex, an air of success and certain refinements. We are all attracted and entrapped by them. Although these maybe gorgeous accessories, they are not the basis for building a solid lasting relationship. They have absolutely no connection to love because they don't sustain us or satisfy us over time. In other words, it runs out.

Love is everlasting, Love is the activity of life. the active power in everything created, it is present everywhere, at every moment, in exactly the same degree. We are sustained by love and could not separate ourselves from it even if we tried. Love binds us to God, to one another, yet allows us individuality at the same time. A loving relationship is a precious thing, but it's not where love begins. A romantic relationship provides us with an opportunity to express love, but with or without a relationship, love exists in us and as us.

Try not to fall in love with someone partnered/or married to someone else or on the rebound. There are great risks involved. For instance, your "sweetheart or love" is the only person "you know you love deeply from your heart" and you feel the "only" person you will ever love again during your lifetime (no, not a case of infatuation, but true love). Age is definitely not a factor. The young at heart experience alone surpasses the greatest lover. He/she r has a heightened awareness of tender loving care and the propensity to be in touch with your "inner" feelings and perhaps a resourceful teacher. For the first time, you are filled with intense feelings of "love, peace, contentment, joy and passion." You are in love with the feeling of being treated so kindly again. All of your thoughts/feelings are consumed with love. Your "heart skips a beat" and the feeling of "I love him/her with all of my heart is again a part of your spirit." You appreciate and cherish every precious moment.

Although, absence makes the heart grow fonder, you've become familiar with loneliness and alienation (no choice of your own). This infectious smile sends you over the edge. You have never felt a love like this before. You crave intimacy, perhaps, a hug, a slow kiss, dinner, a walk along the beach, to even hold hands when you can, a quick embrace or a rub on the neck, a wink a love note or held snugly in your lover's arms.