Love, Devotion and Surrender

When we first met there was something that struck me a feeling I could not shake something about you held the flame that could thaw my love It was true and it came to be the sweet spirit that is you against all odds un-froze my heart but over time the darker angel that is my demon fought to keep my heart on ice the ongoing battle damaged our love destroyed your trust broke your heart and mine The demon inside me has done it’s best to take all that is good and right now, without you I feel that I am barren, bereft and alone The blessing is that my heart is still open giving me hope, a chance to surrender a chance to heal you have given me this I am truly grateful If our life together Is the price that must be paid a chance to truly change a spiritual awakening reborn to a new a new life the cost is so high I am catching my breath I can’t breathe trying to believe hoping that faith will carry us through The feelings of regret the sorrow in my ...

"Shed not tears, my beloved; love that opens our eyes and enslaves our hearts can give us the blessing of patience. Be consoled in our delay our delay, for we have taken an oath and entered Love's shrine; for our love will ever grow in adversity; for it is in Love's name that we are suffering the obstacles of poverty and the sharpness of misery and the emptiness of separation. I shall attack these hardships until I triumph and place in your hands a strength that will help over all things to complete the journey of life. "Love - which is God - will consider our sighs and tears as incense burned at His altar and He will reward us with fortitude. Good-bye, my beloved; I must leave before the heartening moon vanishes." A pure voice, combined of the consuming flame of love, and the hopeless bitterness of longing and the resolved sweetness of patience, said, "Good-bye, my beloved." Link

Love, Devotion and Surrender Love, Devotion and Surrender Love is sweet, devotion is sweeter, surrender is sweetest. Love is sweet. I have felt this truth in my mother's spontaneous love for me. Devotion is sweeter. I have discovered this truth in my mother's pure devotion towards the perfection of my life Surrender is the sweetest. I have realised this truth in my mother's constant surrender towards the fulfilment of my joy. Again, love is mighty, devotion is mightier, surrender is the mightiest. Love is mighty. This truth I feel when I look at my father's face. Devotion is mightier. This truth I discover when I sit at the feet of my father Surrender is the mightiest. This truth I realise when I live in the breath of my father's will. Love, devotion and surrender. St. Augustine has blessed us with a profound message, "Love and then do what you like." Our mind thinks that this is absolutely true. Our heart feels that this is undeniably t...

The thief left it behind: the moon at my window. Ryokan "Even if everything is lost There will still have our love No thief No Illness Can ever take it away Our love is the moon"

Ivan has not been doing the happy bunny dance as of late. He has been feeling kinda blue, it might have something to do with the Frontline we just put on his little grey back. We are inundated with deer ticks around here these days, so it comes down to some kitty discomfort or Michelle and I getting Lime Tick Disease. While she and I are mad about that cat, the choice is clear. He is an outdoor cat and he shares our bed, so the answer ? FrontLine !