"PRICE TAG LOVE!"

I can remember when life was quite simple. I spent countless hours on the creek with my dog. That life was adventurous and I had an exciting time. Sometimes a friend or friends joined me for high adventure. There was hardly a place we could not go. We hunted and fished, never endangering any species, animal or bird.

Today, almost everything in life has a price tag. I remember the words of a song entitled Signs that was on the charts numerous times. A glance at the chorus and one of the verses tells us why. The Chorus goes like this.
Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign.

Verse 2: And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight/So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right/To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in/ If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner. . .

Love does not attach conditions. The fact is, genuine love is always a free gift. It is a commitment to the growth, happiness and fulfillment of the one loved. It could be one’s husband, one’s wife, a child, a friend, etc. Love is a gift that gives itself to the growth, happiness and fulfillment of the one loved.

It is so sad we must live in such a price tag world. You can have my love but there is a price. You must achieve. You must excel. You must perform. You must be perfect. You must be what I want or what I expect. All these appear as signs around the neck of the one demanding impossibilities from those who need just to be loved, and so badly. What a sad world. Perhaps one day a simpler time will return.

Please don’t make those you purport to love suffer from price tag love.

LOVE IS ALWAYS RELIABLE!

I am absolutely in love with life and as I write this today I am thinking of how wonderful it is to be alive. I’ve heard the news. I know the world is in really rotten shape and there are threats of another World War. Despite all the dismal reports, I write more from the thought of the war within so many of us.

Today I just want to say one thing in particular: life can be unpredictable and filled with ups and downs but love is reliable. I am talking about genuine love. You know what I mean: the love which should exist between husband and wife, parents and children, friend and friend, and soul mate and soul mate. You can at least understand where I am coming from today, I believe.

Love is a choice and commitment to others. Love’s concern is the true and lasting happiness of the one loved. It is dedicated to the growth and fulfillment of another. That being true, I cannot place qualifications on my love if I make that commitment of love to you. I cannot say, “I will love you if. . .”

This little blogspot is dedicated to LIFE and LIVING. There is no attempt here to counsel others; the purpose is altogether to encourage folks to live life to its fullest. I have written quite a few articles on suicide and what I see as its senselessness on this site. I invite you to write and tell me what you think. Have a great day!

A NEW BEGINNING MERITS A TITLE CHANGE

It has been a really long time since we have published a message on this blogspot. There was a change in location, the death of loved ones, and the burial of the computer under a half ton of garbage of one kind or the other. We have attempted to dig our way out and get started again because writing gives such great meaning to the one who has a gift for writing.

Now that last statement might just be debatable. I did get some criticism on the former name of the blog. It was quite uniquely titled but when others picked up more or less the same title they suggested I find my own title and suggested I might have some unsuitable material on the blog.

Unless they have reference to responses to the blog I have no idea what they might be suggesting. I am, however, renaming this blog to be more fitting to the subject which involves the love for life and living.

An individual who is not happy with his or her own life is generally suffering from feeling unloved or not getting his or her needs met. It is really just about as simple as that. I recently read of a teen who was in therapy for suicidal ideation. The only reason for the suicidal tendency seemed to be the fact the kid did not get but one designer outfit each month (she wanted three). Well, there just has to be more to life and living than designer fashions.

What do you personally think about making love in it's purest sense a foundational basis for life and living. And, why don't we love instead of only seeking love. That's right; I just mean to love everyone around you. I'm not trying to start a new Hippie Movement or anything like that. Let me share in two articles, things I recently found on love, the first is a poem which inspired the new name for our little blog. Check it out and tell me what you think:

QUINTESSENTIAL LOVE
When there is honesty... When there is understanding...The willingness to sacrifice... When one does not take advantage of the goodnessof the other... In the absence of hate... vengeance... outrage... When there is compassion...When loyalty is free from betrayal...When love transcends material things...Then your love is pure... It is a Quintessential Love!!!

Next week I will share this little article I found that will perhaps define the love I speak of today.