VALENTINE'S DAY

Love is never easy, I know it very well...But true love never fails, we all know how hard it can be but we also know how sweet it is...







Sonnet CXVI
by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love,
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests.. and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love is not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out.. even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Waiting for Valentine's day

To start warming your heart...


Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How Do I Love Thee

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! -- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Expectations

What we have been waiting for 365 days just ended...We have now new toys, new clothes, new accessories for our phones or computer...and, for sure, new kilos to carry on after 3 days of food and drinks!!!

I really hope we had time to hear from people we can't see so often or time to think about who is not here anymore...or just time to think about what Christmas means for us...time for a warm hug...time to stare in each other's eyes...time for a long kiss...time to fight (if it means you are going to make love after)...time for your best friend...time for your family...time for your lover...

Another countdown is now on, in few days we will say bye-bye to 2011 and we will welcome a new year...So it's now time for good purposes and new expectations...please leave a note about yours, it will be fun to know what everyone, around the world is waiting for...

GBN