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Veritas

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Love and Courage
#5764301 - 06/18/06 01:09 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I like this quote so much, I put it in my signature:
Quote:
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Gandhi
Why did he say that love requires bravery? Perhaps because we must face the risk of losing that which is beloved. Sometimes I am terrified by the vulnerable mortality of those dearest to me.
Or perhaps courage is required to love unconditionally, without expectation of performance or reciprocity. One who is brave enough to share their heart openly and without reservation is a true Lover.
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DoctorJ


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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5764303 - 06/18/06 01:10 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Love is suicide." -Smashing Pumpkins
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MushroomTrip
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5764368 - 06/18/06 01:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Being able to recongize it no matter how far you must go for it cause lol life can take you by surprize with it some time.
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   All this time I've loved you And never known your face All this time I've missed you And searched this human race Here is true peace Here my heart knows calm Safe in your soul Bathed in your sighs
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Triplexiosis
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: DoctorJ]
#5764800 - 06/18/06 03:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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DoctorJ said: "Love is suicide." -Smashing Pumpkins
Some sacrifices are necessary though.
@ Veritas - Great quote by the way
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Redstorm
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5764808 - 06/18/06 03:47 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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To love unconditionally is to cast aside all shells and facades a person puts up and to be enormously vulnerable. It takes a great deal of courage to do without these barriers.
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Schwammel
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love is contagious...
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Droz
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5772968 - 06/20/06 03:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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One who is willing to love those no matter what. Say they lie, cheat and steal, but one still can express love for that character is brave.
-------------------- Evolution of Time.
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thatiAM
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Droz]
#5773179 - 06/20/06 05:03 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Falling into love is the path of the unknown. The subtle realization that maybe we will actually have to grow. Falling into love is like willingly welcoming change and fear into our lives, and actually facing both without running away. It takes bravery because there can be nothing braver than welcoming fear within you, and feeling it. Fear comes when we see that maybe we aren't the story of this little me. So you can choose to ignore that idea and turn fear away, or explore it and explore something that can be terrifying.
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Schwammel
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: thatiAM]
#5773305 - 06/20/06 05:46 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"""I like this quote so much, I put it in my signature:
Quote: A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Gandhi
Why did he say that love requires bravery? Perhaps because we must face the risk of losing that which is beloved. Sometimes I am terrified by the vulnerable mortality of those dearest to me.
Or perhaps courage is required to love unconditionally, without expectation of performance or reciprocity. One who is brave enough to share their heart openly and without reservation is a true Lover."""
why not love life? why narrow it down? if you love everything you won't be disappointed.
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Icelander
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: thatiAM]
#5773332 - 06/20/06 05:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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thatiAM said: Falling into love is the path of the unknown. The subtle realization that maybe we will actually have to grow. Falling into love is like willingly welcoming change and fear into our lives, and actually facing both without running away. It takes bravery because there can be nothing braver than welcoming fear within you, and feeling it. Fear comes when we see that maybe we aren't the story of this little me. So you can choose to ignore that idea and turn fear away, or explore it and explore something that can be terrifying.
Very nice. But now I have nothing to post. Welcome to the shroomery.
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redgreenvines
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5773352 - 06/20/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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leery11
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Redstorm]
#5774074 - 06/20/06 08:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: To love unconditionally is to cast aside all shells and facades a person puts up and to be enormously vulnerable. It takes a great deal of courage to do without these barriers.
sometimes if you spend a long enough time alone though you dissolve your own barriers, and now not used to socialization you don't bother putting them up again...
seems to be my case at least.
I'm thankful for the person who taught me a bit about how I'm starting to become right now!
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WIZOLZ
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Re: Love and Courage [Re: leery11]
#5775411 - 06/21/06 03:29 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good for you Leery, though I know not the depth of your loneliness, it is somthing to be thankfull for because it draws on us, to recognize ourselves on a broader range, realizing that it is in our nature to wish and seek to find love in some form. Love heals all wounds, though, even those which are conseqent to its force are never as detering. If it is the forshadow of loss which is enivitable to experiencing love, then it must be dealth with on other context's, but should not inhibit a person or culture from trying to achieve it. This is definately a predisposition for finding it, but it is more evident now then ever how it is a challenging thing and require's much bravery. The step out of the shell, a rather tedious, but rewarding in the fullest venture....
Dire Straights - "Walk of Life"
I really really desire a woman...
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DoctorJ


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Re: Love and Courage [Re: Veritas]
#5780158 - 06/22/06 11:07 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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A wise teacher once told me:
"When you tell someone 'I love you,' you are basically saying, 'Now you can hurt me.'"
Someone also once said:
"the second you decide to love someone, they'll do something to make you wish you hadn't."
Knowing this, I still yearn for love, and sieze any opportunity I have to feel it, even if only for a short period.
My current girlfriend is probably going to leave in the fall for school in another state. I know this is going to be hard and I'll probably be depressed for awhile when she's gone. But hey, if that's her destiny, I'm not going to keep her from it. Even knowing this, I have still decied to let my guard down and love her, and be with her while I can.
So yes, Veritas, you are right. Love does entail bravery, though in a perfect world, it wouldn't have to.
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