Blog 224 – 02.05.2016

Franks Sinatra sang My Funny Valentine and some may think this poem a funny Valentine but I have chosen it because I believe we are all connected and that Love is the connection. In Greek there are three words for love, eros, phileo, and agape. Eros is erotic or sexual love. Phileo is brotherly love, hence Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. And last but not least, agape is what we might call divine love or for the less religious or spiritually inclined unconditional love. Grant you there are many interpretations of love. But I believe love in all its incarnations is related to its Source. We are related to the Source. We are connected at the heart. Deny we may try but even the most seemingly hard-hearted loner has some tenderness and feels some connection to someone or something. Happy Valentines Day as you celebrate The Day of Love next weekend even if it is a love for your favorite team in the Super Bowl. I for one hope Mr. Manning gets a second Super Bowl Ring to end his illustrious career on a high note and to catch up a bit with his baby brother whom he loves even more than he loves the game.

WE ARE CONNECTED

We are connected

Made of the same stuff

The only thing that’s real

The only matter that matters is Love.

 

If I seem to talk in circles

We live in circles too

Love always doubles back on itself

There’s no escaping it me or you.

 

We are connected

Though deny it we try

Love when we least expect it

Will reveal all else to be a lie.

 

In Love we move and have our being

For there is nothing else

Have not all the great teachers taught

Love God and your neighbor as yourself.

 

Two laws that precede

And supercede all others,

Laws we can only pretend to break

For we are loved and we are lovers.

8-16-11 – djw

Your friend and fellow traveler,

David White