A summer breeze can be very refreshing; but
if we try to put it in a tin can so we can have it entirely to ourselves, the
breeze will die. Our beloved is the same. He is like a breeze, a cloud, a
flower. If you imprison him in a tin can, he will die. Yet many people do just
that. They rob their loved one of his liberty, until he can no longer be
himself. They live to satisfy themselves and use their loved one to help them
fulfill that. That is not loving; it is destroying. - Thich Nhat Hanh
When two people meet and fall in love,
there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend
to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we
wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then
it's usually too late, we've used it up. What we have to do is work like hell
at making additional magic right from the start. It's hard work, but if we can
remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay. - Tom Robbins
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