Comments | salix42: From NM

salix42

From NM

Feb 21, 2006 17:20

Rechair66, I think of you here. Stories of cigarettes cowboy hats and long roadtrips seep out of the backrooms of my mind. We drove today through the high desert of Santa Fe, after a day off in Taos. Yesterday we hiked down into the Rio Grande Gorge to a hot springs and hiked back up as the sun set and turned the mountains purple. Land out there is ( Read more... )

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unconditional love paulwheeler February 22 2006, 03:11:32 UTC

I'll start with a true, though I am not sure what the parameters are yet. Unconditional love does exist, just not as it is popularized. The Jesus/Buddha type of loving smile at someone even though they are whipping you [against your will, now. ;)] That is unconditional love, but it is not the only manifestation of it. You can be utterly furious at someone, yet still love them deeply. Uncontional- without conditions or reservations; absolute. Love- a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons. Doesn't say anything about feeling nothing else, about loving and excluding all other emotions. Just as a current can move without disturbing the surface, so too can love be a constant while other passing emotions temporarily take the foreground. If I become upset with an action or series of events which my love has given rise to, I do not cease to love them, rather my enduring love spites my frustration and they do struggle, transient anger and ageless love, the former burning brighter because of ( ... )

and so paulwheeler February 22 2006, 03:13:53 UTC

On that note, I think I shall go watch The Princess Bride.
ciao

Re: and so redchair66 February 22 2006, 15:03:05 UTC

Nothing more to add.
I love you Paulo.

chromatomancer February 22 2006, 07:06:37 UTC

Heheehe -- twwoooo wuv. . . .

redchair66 February 22 2006, 15:36:38 UTC

Aaak Albuquerque! Are you oaky ( ... )

Tirade on Unconditional Love lorrior February 22 2006, 20:11:10 UTC

(Disclaimer: The following should be read in a rational rather than emotional or personal context - it is a stance based on the literal meaning of 'unconditional')... Here goes ( ... )

From me salix42 February 23 2006, 21:22:54 UTC

Do not fear lorrior, it would take a lot more than that for me to ever feel attacked by you :-) I am glad to know that not only are you passionate about this idea, but very elequant about it as well ( ... )

Re: From me lorrior February 23 2006, 22:28:09 UTC

Ah, good then. Glad to hear your thoughts and situation in the matter. I now see where you are coming from :-). Best wishes to you in finding your way to a good understanding with your SO.