Today's blog is a celebration of the greatest of all human gifts; one we have all received and one that we can give — LOVE. Tis the holiday of lovers and those who aspire to its lofty, cozy snow-capped peaks nuzzled in...Valentine's Day! There are various origins to this noble holiday but I won't be expounding on those in this blog. However; since I knew you wanted to know, I know where to send you. Click Here!
Love is a helium balloon. How do you say? [pretend I said that with an Antonio Badaras accent] Well, there are various similarities and thus here we go. Helium balloons are full of a mysterious gas that makes its container lighter, freeer than anything around it. In fact, to steal a line from Red Bull; it gives you wings! How uniquely love once filling its occupant, transforms the view of its eyes, uplifts the stress of its soul and relieves its void of the need we all bear at some time or other. But of course; let me not neglect what it does to the heart. Roughly the size of a human fist, this really important organ swells to a proportion dwarfing not only the cranium (head) but the entire body...in fact it becomes two of you. People notice one and they sense the other.
The funny part about helium balloons; everybody wants to talk funny; they want to feel the joy of laughter, to actually hear their own laughter and to see others laugh with and at them laughing. Hence; I say that to cover all of you who love to suck in the helium and talk funny. Hey, now that's love! Everyone looks at you funny and even wonders what you might do next. In fact, maybe they have never seen you this way before; they hope for the miracle but can't resist watching for sake of the possible train wreck. They are magnetized to the situation and it's alluring presence. Love seduces everything around it.
Ah yes, what about the string. Well, you won't go far without a celebration going on that has kids holding their balloon by the string! Funny, kids always come up when love is an issue. Christ talks many times about love and children and the capacity of each to embody the other in the most profound and innocent of ways. The string of love has a way of wisping together two things that can be extremely different or even similar enough to be different. Let's face it; if couples were exactly alike; what would be the use. [Ok...I heard that; you know what I meant. That was such a twisted thought]. Anyway, ever notice the balloon that escaped, desperate hands always chase the string for what is symbolizes, for what it is connected to, for the joy that comes from possessing its captive — i.e. the balloon. [whew...nuf said on that one. So many uses for good balloon string....but that's another blog :D]
Isn't it funny that you can see a balloon drifting in the sky and we all have the same first thought. I wonder who "lost" their balloon? Right? Then you stand there and watch it drift higher or wonder where it's going or where it's going to land or what kind of journey did it survive. Aye, the best loves have survived many a journey. In fact, we marvel at the incredible journeys that should have "popped" along the way but somehow they didn't. It just keeps going and it just keeps surviving. That's exciting!
Love is a helium balloon. It seems like only yesterday my balloon was given to me. It seems like only yesterday it was so precious that I would use two hands to hold the string in case one slipped. It seems like only yesterday it made me talk funny or walk on air rising above all odds to survive and even thrive, laughing along the way. My, how time flies when you're having fun. It's been practically twelve years since our eyes met and destiny tied us together. Your smile is still magic. Your touch is still craved. Your presence is still required. Your love is still mine, giggling in my soul, making my spirit smile in its oddest of ways. Happy Valentine's Day!
1 comment:
It is wonderful loving you
What sweet memories and glimpses of the future you paint with your words
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