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we do not learn to love
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we do not learn to love |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
We do not learn to love by accumulating kisses, or by turning heads on sexy legs … We do not learn to love by fantasizing at night over magnificent proportions or enticing eyes… We learn to love by cultivating our soul like a garden, by turning over the ground to discover roots, by trimming the feelings with pruning shears… We learn to love with tools of patience, without ever growing tired that every day we have to work it again … |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Wise words indeed. I can almost remember when the thoughts of my youth were in the wrong direction and now I have learned from life experience. Enjoyed the read |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Your wisdom is showing here, yann and it makes for a very beautiful poem. Ida |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Echoing Ida, this is wise, beautiful and soul-quivering, Yann. Great to have you back! - Owl |
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HopeS Member Elite
since 2000-12-22
Posts 4596Perth Western Australia |
You are so right Hope |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hello Mark, thank you for your comment, it seems that getting old has some privilege too: understanding.... regards yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
THank you Ida and Owl, it has been a long time I have not been on -the site....I appreciate your comments which make the poetry lively... regards yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you Hope for passing and taking toime to comment... regards yann |
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TheAnonDavid Member
since 2008-08-28
Posts 237UK |
I feel sad when I see the plethora of dating agencies and text-dating services and telephone meeting lines because they all make promises of instant love. As you show here, love is something that takes time to grow and mature - and is worth waiting for. |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
sure David, speed dating looks like a supermarket with different products and the consumer choose quickly and pay for it.... Love is surely elsewhere even if from times to times speed dating can help...There is a good movie about love relationships which is called :JE PREFERE QU'ON RESTE AMIS.... It is clever and funny, perhaps it had been broadcast in England.... best wishes yann |
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aZMERE bOHEMIAN nOMAD Junior Member
since 2008-07-07
Posts 20I live in the uk but dreaming of a place across the channel |
I really enjoyed this  Thank you |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Yann, I agree with your wise ponderings and find that you have expressed them very well. Love is a serious matter. Even if there can be a love at first sight, it has to be cultivated. Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; I am mastered totally by Love." (Rumi) |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you azmere, yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you Margherita, it is the second time someone talk about or quote Rumi, I'm gonna discover his writes... hugs yann |
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ladylisa Member
since 2007-04-29
Posts 342Florida USA |
Such words of Wisdom. Yes Love is like a garden we have to till and give tender care to, something it took me a long time to learn. I heard something the other day that went sorta like this, "when you feel that urge to judge remember the good in the one you love". lis |
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hiddenIntheDark Junior Member
since 2008-08-27
Posts 20 |
Great poem. Very true! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
"when you feel that urge to judge remember the good in the one you love". Thank you Lis for the wise comment.... I will remember this regards yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you HiddenInthe dark for the nice comment... yann |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
True enough...James |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Yann, It's nice to see you posting again. You are correct, love takes patience. Bobby |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"We do not learn to love by accumulating kisses, or by turning heads on sexy legs" ~ Oh, dearie me! So that is what I have been doing wrong! lol  All kidding aside, you deliver some fine advice on love ~ and very poetically! We learn to love by cultivating our soul like a garden, by turning over the ground to discover roots, by trimming the feelings with pruning shears… We learn to love with tools of patience, without ever growing tired that every day we have to work it again …" ~ A very beautiful poem on love!!!   EA |
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Woodsman Junior Member
since 2008-09-03
Posts 25Stony Creek, Va originally...Now Muskoka Ontario |
I really enjoyed that...very meaningfull "In Between" just released from Publish America...Check it out |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hello Earth Angel, If you have sexy legs it can help sometimes... Thank you for the humour (I appreciated it)... regards yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you James, Bobby and Woodman for posting a comment,It's Good to read you too... yann |
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