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JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2008-04-27 01:00 AM

Departures

If I truly love
her as I claim
I must not only
allow her departure
but give my blessings
to her endeaver,
for who am I to
stand in the
way of love,
for if she wants
to go away
how could I
get in her way.
Please tell me
someone, why this
seems like on of the
hardest things I've
ever done...

JamesLee
26April
2008

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2008-04-27 01:02 AM

James, because you truly love her.

A

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

2 posted 2008-04-27 07:19 AM

Hello James, I think exactly the same way, if you really love someone  let her free, we must get used to that...Getting older I don't want or need possessing someone even there is  always temptation, that is not love...

  Regards

   yann

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2008-04-27 09:46 AM

Holding a butterfly captive would eventually cause its wings to wither and die. However, when you allow it to fly free and it returns back to you, you are gifting both yourself and your treasured papillon.

Being selfless can have its just rewards! I have some understanding of what you are going through, dear Hawaii Man.

Linda

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

4 posted 2008-04-27 09:52 AM

Love has it's challenges!-- and everyone has the solution, but its up to the one person to find it

ARCTIC WIND

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2008-04-27 11:10 PM

Thank you Alison, 2islander2, Earth Angel and Artic Wind for the wonderful responses...
I was wondering why, when you love someone, it is so hard to imagine living without them; and noting that love is not holding on or possessing, it is sharing...and perhaps that is why it seems hard; because when you are sharing love with someone you want it to continue, like a circle...James

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

6 posted 2008-04-28 03:45 AM

yes, like a never ending circle James... just lovely thoughts here... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

7 posted 2008-04-28 10:57 AM

perhaps the bard of Avon said it best:
"parting is such sweet sorrow"

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

8 posted 2008-04-28 11:24 AM

I don't think one can truly possess another in a loving relationship unless such possession is mutual, and in this union freedom is prerequisite, otherwise one or the other has to submit to enslavement, and that is a failure in the "art" of loving---ala, Erich Fromm.

Art

[This message has been edited by gilead (04-28-2008 12:01 PM).]

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