Love has been good to me.
I was afraid that divorce meant I am not loved and nobody would love me again. What I found out was quite the opposite. Had I not been divorced, I might never have realized how many people care. Strangers and friends went out of the way to show me tender concern. It's still happening. The generosity of humans amazes me.
More than once my cousin and his wife drove 90 minutes just to make me dinner and hang out so I could relax enough to fall asleep.
Derek & Steph
I just got back from dinner and dessert with a friend I've known for 20 years. It's feels good to say I've had a friend that long. In a world where connection is steadily giving way to isolation, I consider myself blessed to have traded love with such admirable people.
That's what I like about love--you can't get rid of it. You give it away, you get more than you had to begin with.
One of my favorite gifts of Love is Gratitude. When God offers me so many amazing opportunities to know and be known, why would I ignore these blessings to dwell on the pain of love lost?
Gratitude opens my eyes wide enough to see I haven't lost Suzanne's love. It is simply speaking to me with an honesty I hadn't imagined before about changes I can make that will allow me to better serve the ones I love, including her.
If by her honesty she has taught me to love more fiercely, to believe more steadfastly, to serve more humbly and dream more boldly, how can I not be grateful?
Wings
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"In a world where connection is steadily giving way to isolation, I consider myself blessed to have traded love with such admirable people.
That's what I like about love--you can't get rid of it. You give it away, you get more than you had to begin with. "
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!
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