Love heals...

A little bit of love
just a small gesture
of kindness
or a simple token
of thoughtfulness
means a lot
to heal a broken spirit
or a weary soul
in this life's twists
and turns...

At times
or most of times
we are in a hurry
and we don't want
to get disturbed
in our hurried pace
to go back
to our own isolation
when in truth
it only takes a second
to spread the lips
and smile
or it only takes
few minutes
to make coffee
for visiting strangers
with love in every gesture
it doesn't really take that long.

Much more with internet
can't we slow down
and in silence
even make a difference
in simply being present
to each other
listening and caring
the very soul and hearts
of our dear persons
in the vision and sacrament
we can only call the now!

I sing with all of my heart
love heals, love heals,
love heals the broken hearts
love heals the weary souls
love heals the world
love heals, love heals....

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, make new." - Ursula K. Le Guin

When I commit myself
to love and be loved
I surrender myself
to love and its own life
in the moments deeply blessed
by sharing and caring
by thoughtfulness and
and memories of the heart.

When I begin to truly love
I leave behind the doorsteps
of my selfish obsessive self
and just simply be there
for the other in total unity
feeling life's freeing joys
or embracing its sorrows.

When I love and forget
that I am loving indeed
without asking for returns
but just the sheer ecstacy
of loving for the sake of it
It is then that I am truly free
and fully human in loving.

When I have made
my errands of love
and came home to rest
I make one last wish
just before I fall asleep
in the peace and quiet
of a luminuous night
may I dream of love again
and wake up clutched by love!

"Love is ...giving" - just a fact

Love to be love must be something
going out of oneself for the other
no matter how far it can go
no matter how difficult the way
no matter what time it is
for love is eternal and endless.
The giving need not be too big,
it can be just a smile to cheer up
a lonely, sad and isolated heart;
or just a little tiny kind word
to lift up the spirit of a downtrodden.
Love which is giving is a spark of light
in this dark world and selfishness.
Love which gives out is healing
the times lost in unloving ways.
Love gives and receives more
in wondrous state of contentment
only the true one who loves knows.
Each evening, I only ask one question,
Did I give someone my act of love today?
And as I lay down my tired body to bed
my mind and heart is at peace
with my God who is love.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Love is Letting Go
"What kind of music plays in your heart when you learn that part of loving is knowing when to allow another to walk away? - Akin Jones

Love is letting go
in giving freedom to be
for the beloved.
It is listening
the precise echo
of another's heart
for a time apart
and a space between.
It is caring for
the other's good
and well being
more than my own.
It is giving time
and allowing love
to grow quietly in the heart
just letting be
in the art of being with
even from a distance.
It is a liberating
profound experience
of love which knows
no space and time.
posted by bobby713 @ 5:27 PM

"Love one another as I have loved you" - John 15:12

Today, I sing a love song
It is a love song of a dove
Flying over me and a friend
as I walked along the path of life.

The dove spread its wings
pure whiteness in splendor and beauty
hovering over us, spreading peace
assuring freedom and new hope.

The dove looks with eyes of love
his heart waiting and longing
his feet steady in the air
his head upward and proud.

Then I heard the echo
of the dove's love song
"here am I, my beloved
ready to die for you"!

Martyrdom is love's highest goal
there is a lot to it
than simply letting go
it is just being pure nothingness!

The dove's long song
is also mine and maybe yours
if only I can see through
the chambers of my brokenness.

Love is alive and well
in the depths of my being
nothing and no one can stop
that wellsprings of eternal love!

"Love one another as I have loved you" - John 15:12

Today, I sing a love song
It is a love song of a dove
Flying over me and a friend
as I walked along the path of life.

The dove spread its wings
pure whiteness in splendor and beauty
hovering over us, spreading peace
assuring freedom and new hope.

The dove looks with eyes of love
his heart waiting and longing
his feet steady in the air
his head upward and proud.

Then I heard the echo
of the dove's love song
"here am I, my beloved
ready to die for you"!

Martyrdom is love's highest goal
there is a lot to it
than simply letting go
it is just being pure nothingness!

The dove's long song
is also mine and maybe yours
if only I can see through
the chambers of my brokenness.

Love is alive and well
in the depths of my being
nothing and no one can stop
that wellsprings of eternal love!

"omnia vincit amor" - love conquers all

Love conquers all,
yes, i believe that
but first of all
in my experience,
I need to be conquered
by love in all its intensity,
its paradoxes and contradictions.
Also, I just felt lately
that to know love
for what it is
I need to allow love
to break through me,
break my heart,
break my illusions,
break my control of life.
Then, in the soft rhythmns
of the present moment
like listening to the sound
of birds even in winter
loves speaks its language
in or out of season.
Yes, only in that nothingness,
only in that darkness
only in that brokenness
I came to understand
the victory of love
in my own moments
of falling to the ground
like seeds deeply sleeping
in the cold winter
only to sprout full of life
and beauty in spring!
Today, I am ready
to love again in the now
and I'm at peace
and secure that love will win!

"the kind of love that has no price tag on it" - 12x12 p. 106

It is indeed true love
when one simply invest
on loving without
much expectation
of any reward
or recompense
or price, but just loving...

I was seated
by the side of mother
carrying a baby
inside a basket
on a plane
and we talked
about love...

The mother said
that her kind
of love for the baby
is unconditional
24 hours a day
without any price tag
but its so rewarding...

True love is simply
a gratuitous
care, kindness, attention
to the one loved
not minding the time
nor the effort
and even the pains...

True love is self giving
to the maximum
and out of that heroism
of self forgetfulness
comes the true delight
of loving and being loved
and life becomes beautiful...