Monday, September 8, 2008

defining, confining, controlling-we're sinking.

love is:

action and how you treat another.

warmth

praise

respect + worth

pride

honor

glory

sacrifice + self-sacrifice

kindness + compassion

caring + empathy

considerate of others' feelings

sensitivity

validation

enriching + nurturing

comforting + reassuring

listening

sharing

intimacy

compromise

taking turns

trust + honesty

loyalty

self-less

self-restraint

consistent

reliable

dependable

safe

trustworthy

mindful

thoughtful

give + take

paying attention

solidity + unity

permanence

unselfish

putting someone else first before yourself / #1 priority

the ability to be weak - not always strong in front of another

need

commitment

belief + faith in another person beside yourself

connection

truth + sincerity

not wanting the other to hurt

comforting the other when hurt

admitting mistakes + making amends

saying you are sorry and meaning it, without asking or expectation + without feeling 'obligated'

acceptance

accepting someone for who they are

acknowledging anothers feelings, thoughts, ideas, opinions, or hurt and accepting that whether you agree or not.

understanding

trying to see another's point of view outside of your own even if you don't understand or 'get it' and respecting that person and their feelings.

thinking before you speak or act.

love is NOT:

selfish

self-serving

self-absorbed

self-righteous

one-sided or one-way

callous

cruel or un-feeling

insensitive

coldhearted

devoid of feeling

demeaning

close-minded (or deaf)

dishonorable

disrespectful

guilt trips

complaining

stubborn

ignorant of others needs or feelings /shutting your partner out /disconnecting when you feel like it

casual or thoughtless

stingy / held back/ withdrawn

devalue-ing another

diminishing others feelings

downplaying what another feels or needs

trivializing another's feelings and expecting someone else to feel the same as you in all situations of life

degradation

deprivation

desensitization



Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.

Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.

Desperate to control all and everything.

Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.


Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.

Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.

Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.

Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell.


Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again.


Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.

Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.

Saturn ascends, comes round again.

Saturn ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done.


Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.

Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.

Desperate to control all and everything.

Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.


Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.

Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper.


Defining, confining, controlling, and we're sinking deeper.


Saturn comes back around to show you everything

Let's you choose what you will not see and then

Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again

Spits you out like a child, light and innocent.


Saturn comes back around. Lifts you up like a child or

Drags you down like a stone

To consume you till you choose to let this go.


Give away the stone.

Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.


Give away the stone.

Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.

Let go.

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plaintive \PLAYN-tiv\, adjective:

Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.