Odysseys of George

I was overlooking a chat over the internet, and it went,

Man(M): i am missing you so much babe

Female(F): i miss u too…but what makes today different babe?

M: it just feels more intense, the emptiness is painful.

F: emptiness?..

M: the emptiness is always there – it is what you left me with – i can fill it up with other stuff but only you could make it full

F: i love u babe

M: whats the difference today babe?

F: hmm… today i love u a teeny weeny bit more than i did yesterday

M: but yesterday you said you love me less!

F: love grows baby! love shouldn’t be stagnant

I smiled and suddenly this emerged in my mind

so let love grow,
like the wilds of the forest,
but let it not cover your vision,
lest you forget the real me and live in your dreams.
but unlike the wilds of the forest,
let it be nurtured and tendered,
as it grows around filling us from within,
ageing like wine and violin.
.. GeorgeGC

Friendship

Kahlil Gibran

Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the “nay” in your own mind, nor do you withhold the “ay.”
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.