What Real Love is to Me

“The Prophet…..Kahlil Gibran
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“You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness.
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each others cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each others keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each others shadow.”

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———-theLorelei———— "The past is all I have..." - Guenevere in the movie Camelot.  This is my all-time favorite sayings of Kahlil Gibran in the book The Prophet. Often we seek to possess people because we love them and having them as in marriage or in a relationship is an assurance that the love between two people is sealed and unchanged. Marriage is a commitment…a joy of having someone to love you back and someone to start a family with. Someone to lean on, to share your dreams and aspirations with and together you start the journey of life as one. It is a never-ending compromise, a give and take, of sharing….of joys and pains. It is a beautiful bond of love and togetherness. Loving someone need not be in a relationship, marriage or any binding papers. Love should not stifle anyones happiness and growth. It should be supportive and happy in the knowledge that the person you love cares and loves you back. It should be giving and sharing,  of being supportive without any expectations. This is what they call unconditional love. Be it in marriage, relationships with someone, relationships with children, your siblings, friends and others. Kahlil Gibran’s sayings above is my comfort in knowing that I can not have the people I care for and love. For love is a strong force within me that transcends barriers, time and distance. Love for me is not keeping someone physically….rather keeping someone in ones heart….of singing the same song and having the same tune… of dancing the same dance and having the same steps…of having the same beat, rhythm and soul…..of being alone yet you are not alone………   ——theLorelei