I was thinking (while allegedly meditating this morning) that I would write about love. Love: you know, that thing that no one can define, the big ole mystery that makes the world go round. I was going to write about brotherly love, divine love, I was even thinking I would write about romantic love.
What could I say about love that hasn't been said, sung, written, danced at least a million times? Well? My idea was to skip the task of trying to define different kinds of love (the Greeks did that already, so did C.S. Lewis, and many others), I thought I would address Love shamanically, as a force of nature that "comes over" (as Eric Clapton explained it). It is kind of amazing in that way, after all, how it arrives and then sometimes departs, just like that. (Sound of fingers snapping.) I was going to mention Cupid's arrow, the random quality of romantic love, the way it feels like a state of being that has been imposed, rather than something one might choose. Just as I began to think about unrequited love, I burst out laughing. I literally laughed out loud. I laughed hard. Oh man.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Oh I am so funny sometimes. I should have been focused on my breath. Instead, I was thinking about love, and that thought, that idea, that image of me sitting down at the computer, letting the words flow, was such a beautiful, innocent, audacious concept.
For heaven's sake. I can be so ambitious sometimes. Forget that. Happy Friday, y'all.
15 comments:
I am laughing with you! Let`s accept some things are too much of a task. And instead enjoy love as it comes. Or goes. And comes back in different disguise. Always welcome again.
yeah, too nice of a day to get all cerebral. just enjoy.
So, you throw back the Lovers card when you draw it?
Kinda reminds me of what you do when you draw the Hagalz rune...hmmmm
Embrace it!
Ah this makes me smile!
When you get the chance, be sure to see "God of Love" this year's Oscar winner in the live action short films category: I think you'll like it.
Have a wonderful day!
Love this! My soul card is 9...
It's been a long time since I've experienced the craziness of romantic love. I tend to think of the qualities of patience, endurance and forgiveness when I think about love these days.
Btw, have you seen "The Kids are Alright?" There is a great soliloquy in it about love being a marathon.
Hey Bee!! Great to see you. "see" you, I mean.
The Kids Are Alright - going on netflix list right now.
Vicki, you're a hermit? Want to trade soul cards? Mine is a better fit for you, and yours is a better fit for me!
Linda I'm going to write about the Devil tomorrow. That card looks exactly like the Lovers, and in fact in my life, I've not really been able to tell the difference when it comes to love partnerships.
I no longer throw Hagalaz back by the way, but the Lovers? Yes. Straight back into the deck.
whoa; interesting that group you linked to is from Cincinnati. Just sayin'. Coincidences abound, and abide.
Tut, please explain ?
tarot trump card 8: strength! steven
I wish I understood a bit more about tarot cards. They seem to be a deep deep well.
You know, Reya, one of my favourite lines in Pagan 'liturgy' is "...not unto thee may we attain, unless thine image be of love...", which has been pumping through my mind the past few days. I think I need to meditate on this...
Steven, it's your card (since you are a Leo). It's also your card because it's your card. Definitely!
So much for having love on the brain! Laughter, I'd say, is the natural next step - in all cases... LOL :)
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