Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The sea hath its pearls,
The heaven hath its stars;
But my heart, my heart,
My heart hath its love.
Great are the sea, and the heaven;
Yet greater is my heart,
And fairer than pearls or stars
Flashes and beams my love.
Thou little, youthful maiden,
Come unto my great heart;
My heart, and the sea and the heaven
Are melting away with love!
No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart. ~ Stephen King
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~ Khalil Gibran
Ozdemir Asaf
I wrote your name neither on the ground nor on the skies
I wrote your name, my love
ON MY HEART…
Light belongs to the heart and spirit. Light attracts people, it shows the way, and when we see it in the distance, we follow it. ~ Ricardo Legorreta
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things. ~ Leo Buscaglia
One of the most difficult journeys any of us take is the journey into our heart and to heal it. It takes heaps of courage to take that journey because it is a journey of forgiving one’s self and freeing all the things within our heart that keep us trapped. Perhaps it is a parent or sibling issue. It may be memories from school. It may be regrets. Whatever it is you’ll recognize it when you journey into your heart. When we love ourselves we can look at ourselves in the mirror with compassionate eyes and smile. We can offer ourselves a freedom others cannot offer us. The most courageous words we can say to ourselves are: “I love you.” “I forgive you.” And, “You’re perfect just as you are.”
There are countries, there are rivers, In your eyes, My country is your eyes, I walk through them, They light the world Through which I walk, Lovely one. ~ Pablo Neruda
NOTE: Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love. Every day could be a celebration of love if we want it to be. All one has to do is learn the language of the heart. The hearts sees, hears, and speaks from a place that burns with an all consuming eternal love. Nothing can escape its grasp.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.
