Can YOU define love?

[AniMeshorer]

www.canyoudefinelove.com

Een leuk initiatief waar iemand de bezoekers van zijn site uitdaagt om te proberen neerschrijven wat liefde voor hen écht betekent. Sommige bijdrages zijn heel mooi, sommigen een beetje simplistisch maar veel mensen lijken er toch echt hun werk van gemaakt te hebben. Anyone up for the challenge? 

Dit is mijn bijdrage, ze werd eerder door de moderatoren geweigerd maar ik heb de alinea's etc een beetje herschikt in de hoop dat ze het nu wél publiceren willen:




"Love is that beautiful unique feeling that you have met the most special person there is. The most unique girl, the girl you've always hoped to find. It is in the beauty of her words, that can make trivial things sound poetic, it is in how you share so many interests and passions, but also in how much your personalities collide, that deep emotional and intellectual connection that you cannot experience with another person. The feeling she really is your soul mate, that she can understand you without even saying a word. That unique connection, emotionally, that makes you realise how much she is like your identical twin, your siamese twin: 2 bodies, united in 1 heart.

Love is that feeling of constantly longing to be together, to be united. It is the constant desire for being together, the urge to feel her presence, the euphoria when being united, the anxiety when she does not respond your call. It is the panic, the fear of losing her, the anxiety whenever she does not reply to any call or message. But it is also the euphoria, the feeling of intense hope, and the wonderful daydreams about spending your life together as soon as a simple SMS or call from her reaches you. You feel despair when you cannot reach her, you feel intense joy when she is there with you. All you want is to be together as often and as close as possible, and to walk around daydreaming of living life together and all the things you will be sharing with her. 

It is the urge to talk to her, to expose your heart to her, to share your deepest emotions, fears and desires with her. Because all you want is that she knows who you really are, and then responds it by loving you as much as you love her. And the more of those dreams, fears and emotions you have in common, the stronger the feeling grows that you have indeed found your soul mate, the emotional connection becoming even stronger than it already was.

It is the pain you feel when she is in pain. Her pain becomes your pain. It is the totally voluntarely being with her and not let her go while she suffers, the desire to comfort her, offer her a pair of arms to hide in, and you won't be leaving her side because those tough moments, you don't walk away from them. The one place where you want to be in such moments of pain, is right there with her, to help her go through it and not leave her alone a single second.

Love outs itself in many ways. There are so many ways to express your feelings, they may seem small signs but they carry an emotional package that is huge. Each time she lies sleeping in your arms, you look at how beautiful she smiles and how tranquile she is ... It is in each time you sit so close together that you can feel every heartbeat, hear her every breath, and realise her presence, that presence and being so close to her giving you an intense feeling of joy.... It is in each tender touch of her face, or each time your hands go through her hair while she stares into your eyes with a loving and caring look in her eyes. It is in every tender kiss you share, one of the most intimate and beautiful things that exist, despite its simplicity when you look at it. Tribes used to believe kissing someone was equal to passing your soul to that person, something I believe in a metaphorical way. A tender kiss, simple as it may look, is one of the most intense and beautiful things in the world. Sexuality isn't even needed, there are so many ways to express your love. However, when making love in a very tender and soft way, you are not giving in to lust, you give in to love. Because you put yourself in a very vulnerable position, but have total faith in the one you love. You already gave her your heart and soul, and now you give her your body too. You give yourself away to her, and you know your heart and your being are in good hands. It is a total surrender as the ultimate expression of love: trusting each other enough to surrender heart, body and soul to each other.

Summarised it is in every kiss you share, in every time you smile while you look into her loving eyes smiling back at you, in every time you fall asleep in each others arms, in every tender soft touch you give her, ... Because all that matters is to live your life with her, to live life by her side, to be united by an unbreakable emotional bond. All those small expressions of love may look small and pointless, they however mean a lot when you realise the emotions that are put in every touch, in every kiss, in every embrace. Love can be hard sometimes, when she cannot be reached you feel as if a void has been created that cannot be filled, you panic instantly because all you desire is to feel her, hold her in your arms. Then suddenly you hear her voice again, and the world looks beautiful, all grey clouds make room for a warm sunshine. The urge to feel her presence, to be united with her, to be with her all the time, the urge to make her know who you are, the fact she is the first and last you think of during a day, is not something rational. Some emotions are too strong and too beautiful to be subject to rational thinking. And you know your life will collapse if you would ever lose her, in a way you lay your life in her hands. But that is exactly where you want it to be."

[Edewecht]

Ik zou 'liefde' niet kunnen definiëren. Sterker nog: ik zou het niet eens willen.
Vang ik 'liefde' in woorden (of erger: in een definitie    ), dan vermoord ik het...

[Koffie]

het doet me denken aan een gedichtje dat ik vorig jaar schreef. dat gaat niet specifiek over de liefde, maar wel over dat wat je niet verklaren kunt.

Onder de bomen
in het gras
spelen vlekjes zon.
Ze stoeien met de wind en
niemand, niemand mijn kind
weet hoe dit wonder wondert, maar
het danst aan onze voeten

16-3-2013

[Edewecht]

O wat mooi, Koffie.

[Koffie]

dank je.

[AniMeshorer]

Liefde is heel moeilijk te definieren, doch bekijk de site eens. Sommige bijdrages zijn echt wel heel mooi geschreven, en de site toont ook aan hoe vele mensen elk hun eigen versie ervaren van wat liefde precies is.

[Koffie]

Liefde heeft voor mij te maken met het gevoel verbonden te zijn. Dat hoeft geen romantische liefde te zijn, maar kan ook te maken hebben met me verbonden voelen met de natuur, het Grote Geheel. En natuurlijk met mensen, dieren. Mezelf, mijn diepste zelf. Het is de bron van levensenergie.

[Milie]

Liefde is het zand dat in de palm van je handen ligt.
Wees mild, wees zacht, wees open,
andere glipt het weg tussen je vingers....

[AniMeshorer]

Liefde is het zand dat in de palm van je handen ligt.
Wees mild, wees zacht, wees open,
andere glipt het weg tussen je vingers....

Heel mooi! Ik zou dit aan m'n verzameling citaten willen toevoegen ; van wie is dit citaat?

[Milie]

Liefde is het zand dat in de palm van je handen ligt.
Wees mild, wees zacht, wees open,
andere glipt het weg tussen je vingers....

Heel mooi! Ik zou dit aan m'n verzameling citaten willen toevoegen ; van wie is dit citaat?

Van mijzelf :-)

[ariaster]

En hoe harder je in die hand knijpt, hoe meer het door je vingers glijdt.

[AniMeshorer]

Liefde is het zand dat in de palm van je handen ligt.
Wees mild, wees zacht, wees open,
andere glipt het weg tussen je vingers....

Heel mooi! Ik zou dit aan m'n verzameling citaten willen toevoegen ; van wie is dit citaat?

In dat geval, 100% gemeend; je hebt poëtisch talent als je zoiets eenvoudigs op zulke mooie manier kan verwoorden.

Van mijzelf :-)

[Milie]

Noem het levenswijsheid...