This is my 600th blog post!
To mark my 600th blog post, I could not have chosen a more appropriate topic for me – love.
And on Valentine’s Day too!
I looked around at many Facebook pages to get the best image quotes to share with you on this momentous day – and I found a real treasure trove for you all!
Firstly, what does the word love mean to you?
Does it evoke a vision of red roses, serenading in the park, moonlit walks and champagne?
In our world of glossy magazines and glitzy media, where we are constantly bombarded with images of the ideal, love struck and “perfect” couple, is it any wonder that the real meaning of love has been so diluted.
Love for some is about being starry eyed and going gaga over someone. The actual being in love becomes more important than ever truly loving someone.
Some people are even in love with the idea of being in love!
I have shared these words before on my blog and I make no excuse for sharing again these famous words from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (by Louis de Bernieres):-
“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day.
That is just being “in love”, which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those who truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from the branches they find that they are one tree and not two.”
The question is what will it take for you to be able to love like this?
And what will it take for the world to wake up to the true meaning of love?
Remember that you can have at least 23 top ways to be love today and every day, not just on Valentine’s Day.
So Just What is Love?
Love is the most amazing thing in our lives. It is what makes us human, what makes life worth living. Nothing else truly matters. The size of our homes, bank balances, the beauty of our spouse, the speed of our car – all these things pale into insignificance when we face the splendour of what it is that makes us tick.
Love does not make the world go around – it simply makes the ride worthwhile!
Love is not the highly commercialised circus we see around Valentines Day. It is much deeper and much more profound than sending someone a dozen roses at hugely inflated prices. It is much more than candle lit dinners and fancy chocolates.
We all yearn for that deep connection with others, those moments of bliss, joy, completeness. We crave to have more of those delicious moments we may have had with a romantic partner. And yet, such moments seem so rare and forlorn.
We all remember the blissful moments when strangers have shared their love and made a difference. We all remember the feeling of gratitude in the eyes of someone whom we have helped. We remember how great it feels to do something for someone without expecting anything in return.
We cry when we see happy stories on our TV screens of families reuniting. Such stories touch our hearts and yet they are so rare, as we continue to get bombarded with so much doom and gloom by all the negative media around us.
We remember the sheer joy of children playing and the love in their eyes. Our hearts skip a beat, we get goose pimples and we get teary eyed when we witness an act of sheer love, pure, unadulterated and unconditional.
Such Moments Literally Take Our Breath Away
Love is much greater than what we feel romantically. It is what makes us sing, dance and makes us human.
The world today is just not working – our tried and tested methods have failed. We need to review our core values and to see just where we are headed.
If there was enough love in the world, we would simply not tolerate a single human being starving.
“There is enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed” – Gandhi
However, there is enough love in each of our hearts to heal the world. We have simply forgotten this as we all strive to get bigger, better and to get somewhere which we think will make us happy.
Usually though when we get there and have these things, we find forlorn emptiness. Yet there is a better way. Open your heart to what is possible.
There are so many simple things we can all do on a daily basis to bring more love into our lives. Together we can all make this an even better and more beautiful world than it already is.
“Love WILL conquer all – if you let it!” – Arvind Devalia
Once you become aware of the miracles that love can produce you will want more of the same. Your situation will change, people around you will change and you will change. You will become human again.
“The love you fail to share is the only pain you live with right now in your life” – Shore Slocum
Let us all become human again together, and manifest even more love in our already magnificent world.
A world of love, and love always.
After all, nothing else matters.
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Now please join me in my mission to share and spread more love in the world.
Please check out all the amazing image and love quotes below and share them with your friends.
And do also visit all the Facebook pages for more inspiration and wisdom.
Let’s all transform the world together and bring more love into the world. You know it makes sense to do so:-).
Love Wisdom from my Facebook Friends Around the World
So here is the love wisdom from my fabulous Facebook friends around the world
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28 Day Relationship Adventure
In Feb 2011, I wrote 28 articles in 28 days – all around them the theme of love and relationships.
Here are the complete 28 articles – please do check them all out:-)
1 – Become Aware of Your Relationships
2 – Love Yourself First Before Loving Anyone Else
3 – Love Yourself Without Becoming Full of Yourself
5 – 9 Simple Tips To Create Energising Relationships
6 – Why Decluttering your Friends is Good for You and Them
7 – Stop Bending over Backwards for Other People!
8 – Be Special to Find the Special One
9 – 10 Key Secrets for Becoming Likeable
10 – Don’t Fall in Love – Create Love
11 – Do you Believe in Soulmates?
12 – Open Your Heart and Find the Special One
13 – Create your ideal Valentine’s Day
14 – Make it a Fun Valentine’s Day Everyday!
15 – Make Your Relationship Even More Special
16 – Learn to Love Unconditionally
17 – 11 Keys to Improve ALL Your Relationships
18 – Why the Human Touch is Key
20 – Share Your Love with Your Loved Ones Everyday
21 – Stop Judging, Start Loving
22 – Simple Trick to Instantly Improve All Your Relationships
23 – Why No One Is Ever An Ugly Duckling!
24 – Why World Compassion Begins With You
25 – Why Teamwork Always Begins with YOU
26 – How to Let People Go From Your Life
What a wonderful post – I have loved reading it. Thank you <3
Lorraine, thanks for your kinds words – and welcome to my blog:-)
It was a LOVEly feeling immersing myself in love this morning Arvind. Thank you for including one of my quotes and I LOVEd seeing all the others too. Just beautiful. 🙂
Elle, good to have you visit my blog again – and thanks for contributing your image quote:-)
Arvind,
There are literally no words for me to tell you how much I LOVED this post. Its breathtakingly full of love and your beautiful heart just shines through.
Thank you for the link love and for sharing one of my Rumi quotes on love here. The others are so so beautiful too!
Thank you for all you are and all you do to make this world a more loving space.
Much Love & Light,
Z~
Zeenat, thanks for your kind words – and for importantly thank you for writing such a love-filled post for me to share.
The world needs more people to share their love and light – and it’s always a delight to read and share your powerful and love-filled posts.
Much love and light to you too:-).