Love

[Miss Hepburn]

You're so cute, Shabda.

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

My mouth is dropped - how beautiful to see those words again this
morning - I know - aren't these words almost like the ultimate?

Swooning,
Miss Hepburn

Aww. I'm so glad that I was able to touch you with these words. Though, to be perfectly honest, I wouldn't say they're 'the ultimate'... I was never able to connect so intensely with romantic literature the same way I would be able to connect with, say, a romantic movie, or song. I just think it's a profound message about the true nature of love. ^_^ Enjoy your swooning!

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Sort Of Beautiful

Aww. I'm so glad that I was able to touch you with these words. Though, to be perfectly honest, I wouldn't say they're 'the ultimate'... I was never able to connect so intensely with romantic literature the same way I would be able to connect with, say, a romantic movie, or song. I just think it's a profound message about the true nature of love. ^_^ Enjoy your swooning!

How nice you brought me back to this lovely thread after a month.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.

Being a poet attempting to be published and a lover of the heart and Truth expressed in words - let me expound on this one single sentence by the Divinely inspired William Shakespeare. :)

In this sentence you are correct it is a profound message of
the True Nature of Love.

Just the word "bounty" is so pregnant - images of a bursting, heaving chest of love...and what is it? Boundless...imagine...and yet the more that is given
the more there is...magic? Or one of the very Laws of the Universe?
What is being taught here? Certainly a Law.

And what are both infinite? Is it her love and her bounty?
Is it her limitless giving from an endless well of love?
And is it what she has already? So, it is her giving and what she has?
What is her bounty if not love?
So we have the giving and the limitless well and the receiver somewhere being spoken to.
Much like the give and take - the ebb and flow of this boundless ocean.

For me this is the ultimate - but I use poetic license saying that...
could she be speaking of natural love as boundless?
Or is this a young girl's tapping into the Endless and
Truly Boundless Love of the Divine.

(What is her bounty anyway?)

Originally Posted by Valus

"Love your enemies;
they bring out the best in you."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

"True friendship is opposition."
~ William Blake

Not really.

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

How nice you brought me back to this lovely thread after a month.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.

Being a poet attempting to be published and a lover of the heart and Truth expressed in words - let me expound on this one single sentence by the Divinely inspired William Shakespeare. :)

In this sentence you are correct it is a profound message of
the True Nature of Love.

Just the word "bounty" is so pregnant - images of a bursting, heaving chest of love...and what is it? Boundless...imagine...and yet the more that is given
the more there is...magic? Or one of the very Laws of the Universe?
What is being taught here? Certainly a Law.

And what are both infinite? Is it her love and her bounty?
Is it her limitless giving from an endless well of love?
And is it what she has already? So, it is her giving and what she has?
What is her bounty if not love?
So we have the giving and the limitless well and the receiver somewhere being spoken to.
Much like the give and take - the ebb and flow of this boundless ocean.

For me this is the ultimate - but I use poetic license saying that...
could she be speaking of natural love as boundless?
Or is this a young girl's tapping into the Endless and
Truly Boundless Love of the Divine.

(What is her bounty anyway?)

And now back here we are again!

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.

Being also an aspiring writer and a lover of the heart and truth expressed in words, it's good to read your expansion on this particular quote. :)

Thinking further on the true nature of love, I realize that it cannot be forced. Love is a gift, freely given.

And as you say, when it is given, so much is given. The brilliance of this quote is that it flies in the face of what we think love should be and how our society's approach to it is established on the fear that we will lose it if we allow ourselves to be that vulnerable. On the contrary, this pure and selfless declaration shows how love is victorious, even while it is vulnerable. That's why I chose it. The more she gives, the more she has, and there isn't a hint of fear that she will lose what she has given. The system is completely shaken up.

I absolutely feel this is a reflection of a young girl's tapping into the endless and truly boundless love of the divine. It really IS magic!

Originally Posted by Sort Of Beautiful

When someone writes something like this, it inspires me. It makes me want to respond with something equally as beautiful. I wish I had something... but as of this moment, I have nothing. Nothing but love. I love this, because it's so true.

when i see someone writing this... it gives me hope in people... bless u.....

[Miss Hepburn]

Don't you love the words Boundless and Magic?

Ahh...

Originally Posted by indoorFlakes

when i see someone writing this... it gives me hope in people... bless u.....

Hold on to that! And bless you, too. ^.^

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Don't you love the words Boundless and Magic?

Ahh...

Hahaha. More swooning! Adorable. ^.^