If I never had cheese cake, I would never pine-away for the taste. But because I have and it is my favorite dessert w/fresh strawberries of course. (remember, the dessert question from long ago!:ROFL:) I really miss it and look forward to my next special occassion to enjoy it once again.
So, when it comes to a loving, monogamous, marital relationship....I really miss it tremendously. Although, I have beautiful, wonderful children, the loss was astronomical and it has taken tremendous faith and healing to live through the shredding of my heart and injury to my soul.
Interesting topic... I don't think there is any one answer to your question. I am going to dissect this issue & try to piece it together. This means my end result/reasoning isn't going to be perfect, but here it goes....
We all know love has different meanings...of God, familial, for a animal/pet or treasured object, of brotherhood/sisterhood e.t.c. On the latter... mmh, what can I say, we all have our own escapades, ranging from :hearts: leading to :eat: and :buddies: or :toomuch: and you either end up :ROFL: :yay: and then saying :waving: Then you spend the next day :prayingm: for that phonecall or to a higher power for your iniquities. I think it's o.k to have a drink as long as you don't get drunk. Now, that's an art that has to be mastered... and I have the recipe lol. Some beginings might be all :hearts: and :angel: and then, go from :zzzz: to :devil: :boxing: where you end up seeing a :nicenurse:... all stongly not recommended.
At the beginning and at the end of love the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone- LA BRUYERE...
On a more serious note, 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all- T. Alfred or 'Tis better to have loved and lost , than never to have lost at all- S. Butler........ Love is one of the gifts from the Holy Spirit, so embrace it heartily... it's intrinsic... thus I love. I don't think love can be lost... Good ol' Webster defines lost = unable to find one's way; no longer in one's possession; no longer practiced or known; unable to act, function, or make progress; spiritually or physically destroyed... you catch my drift... One might opt to forget a certain kind of love but it's still there, lying in your subconscious...waiting like a dormant volcano... waiting for you to allow yourself to once again open that door, to love again. Just remember, 'Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, that looks on tempests and is never shaken- SHAKESPEARE'. Thus love without expecting anything in return, if you do this, then you will never know/experience loss... it's unconditional love, Christ loved us unconditionally, and I don't think He thought all was lost, because he went on and died for us out of his love ... we may not be perfect, but it doesn't hurt to try... :peace:
I think my good looks may be distracting the ladies:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL: Maybe I'll just put a picture of my dog on my profile.
He loves to play CATCH !:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:
