Love letter to myself

Dear me,

I write this letter to express my gratitude, apologies and congratulate me on my actions.

Thanks!
For kindly putting up with myself
on those moments when I couldn't trust my abilities,
reminding me that I'm capable and helping me go through.

For listening
to those reckless made up stories, that I tend to pull out,
and even those crazy inconsistent thoughts that I keep bringing in and dumping out,
always with an open and friendly mind set.

Apologies!
For bringing painful situations,
sometimes I think they are needed, others are simply consequence I didn't foresee.

For getting on the way
of brilliant ideas, without a clear explanation.
and then making up excuses - too tired, too difficult, not for me, not right, not true, etc

Congratulations!
For moving forward on adverse time
without giving up even when you could easily have done so.

For being courageous
to try new things and discover new horizons,
mainly on those occasion when fear and/or uncertainty are trying to take over.


Let me just close this letter with one last thought:
I love myself!
and if I forget about it on the way, don't worry, just read the line below.

I'M A WONDERFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY BEING*!

V.

* whether I believe it or not

When the human falls in love with the flower

Sleep left me behind 

With an wakefulness that was more than physical

Greedy for inspiration

Yearning in despair for some insight

What a dreadful game had sleep played with me?!

But Inspiration came

Reveling itself as a beguile mistress

Reminding me the feminine

Washing away my sorrow 

Painting my world in colors

It unveiled the mystery 

That mystery which surrounded my question

It explained to me the cause

And said:

When the human falls in love with the flower

It falls in love with its essence, its fragrance, its beauty, its freedom,

but soon after that, the human would try to capture the intangible

... to fence it

... to retain it 

And is then, when the flower loses its freedom, its beauty, its essence.

Taking away with it the love.

It all sounded clear and well know

Difficult to grasp, indeed

Almost impossible to achieve...

How to let go that, what is dearest to you, without knowing if you will see it again?

V.

Daily Prayer

To you, whom escapes my consciousness...


Guide me through love, even when I fear to be hurt
Hold me still, when I try to escape
Give me peace, when I'm kin to fight
Love me, when I won't
Stand by me, when I'm risking it all


...Trust me, aware that I'll fall

...Defeat me, when I think I have it all


and if all this might fail, make sure I won't stop.


V.

Love Evolution

Recalling when you had the butterflies on your stomach when you are falling in love is quite simple to all of us. Is so simple, that we could call it a common sensation and memory. We could even agree that around the world people feel identified with similar sensation, and even in different cultures and places when talking about "falling in love" everyone seems to get the topic.

Is the crush a global sensation? or is a build up T.V feeling that we all learned to identify? Is it indeed something so similar within each person that we can track it down no matter who is experiencing it.

What is the Evolution of this initial "love"feeling? Are we able to identify them globally as a next step from the crush?

I believe that after falling in love there should be an evolution. That would take you through a different path where love won't be as intense as at the beginning, but there would still be "couple love". Is the recognition of this process that would help people to identify if their love is taking the next step or dying by its own weight.

The missing signs of what the "next step" of the couple love should be, is leading people into direction that won't make their partnership a successful one. As there would be people trying to keep this initial love alive for the rest of their time together, and when not achieving it would believe is the dead of love. And the would be others that when facing the "love dead" wont realize is time to move on.

How can love evolution be identified into stages, signs and common behaviors would help us all to understand and track where our couple love is going.