Posts Tagged ‘love’
Savour the flavour
Posted on: 03/04/2011
I have just had the pleasure of eating a truly delicious meal at the Hind’s Head in Bray.
Raw venison carpaccio? Exquisite. Pork belly with butternut squash, spinach and white pudding? Heavenly. Even the cheese was incredible.
What made it the perfect evening, though, was spending it with my most loved one.
We don’t get many opportunities to simply enjoy one another’s company, so on this anniversary celebration it was a rare and joyful treat to be able to relax in each other’s company.
Conversation invariably included discussions about the latest house we’d seen, but also the wonders of the universe, silly riddles and the latest development in loved one’s job.
Good food, good conversation, good company. A perfect evening.
I feel privileged. And loved.
Quantifying love, part 2
Posted on: 24/01/2011
That Plinky prompt that nudged me into writing my last blog got me thinking.
Good relationships stand the test of time, I said in reply to a comment.
Well, luckily for me that’s certainly the case. You learn to grow and give with the relationship, and as long as the balance of give and take is mostly level, it makes for a very strong bond. I’m doing better at the growing and giving. Though I have my moments (usually around the same time each month) of growling and grumping, I’m vastly ahead of how I used to be.
And I have my wonderful husband to thank for that. A rare quality in a man (well, certainly in the ones I’ve had relationships with), he has a way of helping you be a better person without making you feel bad that you weren’t better in the first place.
If that makes even the slightest bit of sense.
The most testing times of our relationship have been when life in general has been difficult. I see other couples who seem happy together, in very different ways. I sometimes wonder if they are this happy all the time, or, like me, they have the odd rough patch here and there. You have to see a lot of a couple for them to drop the polite front.
Actually, one of the things I think that works in relationships is to try and maintain a certain level of civility. I’d be interested to hear your opinions – let me know what you think.
And I shall leave you with my favourite quote about love, which I first heard in the movie Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away.
Oh yes. And it’s better.
Quantifying Love
Posted on: 22/01/2011
What's love anyway?
I love my husband very much. I love my kids very much, but that's very different. I thought I loved my last boyfriend, but now I'm not so sure. I thought I loved the boyfriend before that, but I'm even less sure about that. I love my mum and dad, but they're really hard work and I find it hard to love them. I love my two cats, and my brother. I love my in-laws! I love my closest friends.
You see where I'm going with this?
Love, to me, is a strong, positive emotion that you feel about certain people/animals. It's unconditional, it makes you happy. Hard enough to define the boundary between 'like' and 'love', so why quantify it? Wonderful stuff. They should bottle it and sell it in the happy shop. Then everyone can get some.
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