Enlightened Purrs…pective – What is LOVE?
Have you ever asked yourself “what is love?”
Is it all emotional?
Do people use this word too freely?
Have you ever truly understood the meaning?
I think love has many meanings and many directions that it can take us in our lives. There are different phases of love as well. But, the first thing you think of when you hear the word love is in the passionate sense. An overwhelming feeling of never wanting to be apart, heart skips a beat or two or three, your palms sweat, your attention is focused on the other person and you’re “flying higher than a kite”! You wake up in the morning and see their face and when you lay your head on the pillow before you fall asleep there is that face that you can’t clear from your mind.
Do you remember your first love? Maybe it was in junior high or high school, or maybe it was that little red head girl that you played with in the park sand box.
But the feeling? You remember it don’t you?
The name, the physical appearance, the smells and sounds that were present when you planted that first kiss. Took your breath away didn’t it?
What about that job that you love so much that you can’t wait to get to work and start your day and take over the business world? The energy you have when you enter the office can be felt across the room by the other staff members and it begins to generate throughout the building. You go to bed at night thinking about other ways to improve the position or status of the job. Pretty much the same feelings sometimes!
What about a sport that you just love to play? You smell the freshly cut grass, and the glove on your hand or the ball spiraling through the air, running like the wind. There is nothing in the world that can stop you from getting to that field and playing and not just play to win, but, just because the overwhelming joy of being a part of this magnificent game just takes your breath away.
Yes, it happens! That new feeling you had when you first started your job has filtered into a routine. The game that you so enjoyed playing now has become a ritual and a habit and you’re getting older and you can’t run as fast or throw as far. Your partnership has blossomed into a bit of separate likes and dislikes and maybe you have grown apart and forgotten that original sense of tingle in your toes. But you’ve experienced love! You’ve experienced one of the greatest gifts.
I feel deep sorrow for anyone who has never been blessed with loving something or someone.
My favorite passage from the bible speaks about love as being perfect and something you should strive for. Without love, you are nothing. It is not evil but happy with the truth. Love never gives up…
I think you just misplaced it that’s all.
Can you get it back? Of course you can! It may be a bit more of a challenge and yes sometime we have to work at it bit more, but if you just place yourself at the very beginning. Remember the smell, the sounds, the music in your ears, the beat of your heart it will find its way back into your life.
So what if the uniform fits a bit more snug.
How hard is it to just put the newspaper down in the morning and take a few minutes just to stare into each other’s eyes?
Or, for us flooring people, have you forgotten the wonderful aroma your store has or maybe you need to get on the floor and sell again. I guarantee that energy you once felt, the reason for your existence, the spring in your step, the music in your heart will find it’s way back to you.
“All you need is love”
Keep climbing!
Cat
Have you ever asked yourself “what is love?”
Is it all emotional?
Do people use this word too freely?
Have you ever truly understood the meaning?
I think love has many meanings and many directions that it can take us in our lives. There are different phases of love as well. But, the first thing you think of when you hear the word love is in the passionate sense. An overwhelming feeling of never wanting to be apart, heart skips a beat or two or three, your palms sweat, your attention is focused on the other person and you’re “flying higher than a kite”! You wake up in the morning and see their face and when you lay your head on the pillow before you fall asleep there is that face that you can’t clear from your mind.
Do you remember your first love? Maybe it was in junior high or high school, or maybe it was that little red head girl that you played with in the park sand box.
But the feeling? You remember it don’t you?
The name, the physical appearance, the smells and sounds that were present when you planted that first kiss. Took your breath away didn’t it?
What about that job that you love so much that you can’t wait to get to work and start your day and take over the business world? The energy you have when you enter the office can be felt across the room by the other staff members and it begins to generate throughout the building. You go to bed at night thinking about other ways to improve the position or status of the job. Pretty much the same feelings sometimes!
What about a sport that you just love to play? You smell the freshly cut grass, and the glove on your hand or the ball spiraling through the air, running like the wind. There is nothing in the world that can stop you from getting to that field and playing and not just play to win, but, just because the overwhelming joy of being a part of this magnificent game just takes your breath away.
Yes, it happens! That new feeling you had when you first started your job has filtered into a routine. The game that you so enjoyed playing now has become a ritual and a habit and you’re getting older and you can’t run as fast or throw as far. Your partnership has blossomed into a bit of separate likes and dislikes and maybe you have grown apart and forgotten that original sense of tingle in your toes. But you’ve experienced love! You’ve experienced one of the greatest gifts.
I feel deep sorrow for anyone who has never been blessed with loving something or someone.
My favorite passage from the bible speaks about love as being perfect and something you should strive for. Without love, you are nothing. It is not evil but happy with the truth. Love never gives up…
I think you just misplaced it that’s all.
Can you get it back? Of course you can! It may be a bit more of a challenge and yes sometime we have to work at it bit more, but if you just place yourself at the very beginning. Remember the smell, the sounds, the music in your ears, the beat of your heart it will find its way back into your life.
So what if the uniform fits a bit more snug.
How hard is it to just put the newspaper down in the morning and take a few minutes just to stare into each other’s eyes?
Or, for us flooring people, have you forgotten the wonderful aroma your store has or maybe you need to get on the floor and sell again. I guarantee that energy you once felt, the reason for your existence, the spring in your step, the music in your heart will find it’s way back to you.
“All you need is love”
Keep climbing!
Cat
