Love  Is...

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out

Love is friendship set on fire

Love is like quicksilver in the hand.
Leave the fingers open and it stays.
Clutch it, and it darts away.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
 

THE SIZE OF YOUR HEART

It isn't the size of your house as such
That matters so much at all.
It's the gentle hand and its loving touch, That make it great or small.

The friends who come and the hour they go, Who out of your house depart, Will judge it not by the style you show, But rather by the size of your heart.

It isn't the size of your head so much,
It isn't the wealth you found.
That will make you happy -- it's how you touch The lives that are all around.
For making money is not hard --
To live life well is an art:
How people love you, how they regard,
Is all in the size of your heart.

Some people never say the words "I love you"
It's not their style to be so bold.
Some people never say those words "I love you"
But, like a child, they're longing to be told...
 

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.

 

Juggling Five Balls

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.
If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for equilibrium in your life.

How?!

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.  Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.  Only you know what is best for you.  Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart.  Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.  Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don't give in if you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.  Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.  Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chance that we learn to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life saying it is impossible to find.  The quickest way to receive love is to give: the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly: and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
    
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.  Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.  Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Yesterday is History. Tomorrow is a Mystery. And Today is a Gift: that's why we call it The Present.

And my personal Favorite...........

A Text by Swami Vivekananda:

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.

Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this:

"You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love.

This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.

This is the greatest mistake that people make when they meet Love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retreat from you . For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don't expect.
Advise, but don't order.
Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love.

To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."