Love touches us in several ways

Love creates its own path, has its own life and pulsates with its own life blood. Love does not warn before it invades your body, mind and soul. It does not respect any boundaries and barriers that may be erected to keep it out.

He drew a circle to keep me out
heretic rebel, a thing to flout
but love and I had the wit to win-
We drew a circle that took him in!

Edwin Markham

Love simply happens!

Love is not in reading treatises and texts on the subject. Love is in the look that conveys a life-time of togetherness. It is in the touch that electrifies even when innocent and accidental. It is what makes people do great things- reach beyond their percieved limits. Love is what makes a person give freely and recieve greedily. Love feels...... ummmmm....

Love is what makes a man and a woman want to grow old together. Love is what a mother feels when her son wears the graduation day headgear. Love is what makes a bride's father cry and smile simultaneously. Love is what makes a small child bring crumpled flowers in a tiny hand lest they fall and with a tight hug say," I love you, Mom!" Love is what makes a daughter hug you at night and whisper in your ear how much she would want to hold you when she sleeps. Love is also in the teddy bear that she finally holds close.

Love is in the eyes of the teacher who sees his student achieve heights; as also in the heart of the student who comes back to the guru each time he climbs another rung in life.

Love touches us in several ways...

Love is also in the loneliness one feels in the absence of the beloved. It is also in the sadness one feels in the loss of a beloved. Love is in staying together AND in fearing separation.

Love is not an easy feeling to feel or to sustain. It requires a lot of work, devotion and dedication. It requires not just living with but also not being able to live without.

Love is what brings a tear to your eye when you see your little one take the first gold medal. It is what makes your eyes sparkle when you recieve your beloved backe from a trip. It is what makes the world a breathing, pulsating, beautiful place to be in.

Love makes life worthwhile.