you never know..autumnsphere said:yeah, yeah, you wrote the book about it.....
give me a break! could YOU do it? no
you couldn't write such beautiful music if you were stable.
pagan2002 said:exactly. the sound of that song sums up what i am getting at.
its not love of one particular thing. it is love of life generally. love of eachother. love of nature. love of the beauty of existence. its simple really.
consider the incredible-ness of the big bang (if it happenned)
know what i mean?
complete and utter beauty.
now as for the details...my favourite thing would be good people closely followed by the natural world. afetr that you can take your pick.
"Alpenglühen"... It's magic. Long walks along the stormy North Sea coast are wonderful too, or just sitting with friends beneath a starlit sky, lost in memories or peaceful silence...DragonLady1 said:ah yes, I know what u mean, a simple feeling, sometimes u cant just give words for it... nature is great, I just love it when I walk outside in the morning and see the sun rising over the snowy mountains, giving them this red shine, that is so wonderfull... and its even better to get inspired by this with people that are close to u
snow2fall said:"Alpenglühen"... It's magic. Long walks along the stormy North Sea coast are wonderful too, or just sitting with friends beneath a starlit sky, lost in memories or peaceful silence...
no, exactly what she said. thats where it all starts.autumnsphere said:Exactly the oppositesnow2fall said:Love of yourself...
At least one person who agrees.toolsofthetrade said:no, exactly what she said. thats where it all starts.
i think its not narcism like, it's like you said, being at ease with yerself, acceptance of the way you are, the way you deal with things - be at one with what you think you are meant to be like.Allan said:I hate the way you put that, loving yourself, rather that be at ease with yourself, doesn't seem at all the same to me, be true about stuff to yourself and that, otherwise nothing matters really, all lies.
..and i think it's absolute nonsense to tell someone they should love or respect themselves, it's not like it's is a conscious choice. Too many idiots walking around preaching life with no regrets saying they'll love and respect themselves no matter what, all lies then really, unreal. I think they'd be much happier or less unhappy if theyaccepted whatever, even if that'd have them secluded writing poems about their sad empty lives.
And that the poet NEEDS the pain is bollox too, no glory in sadness or sorrow or whatever.
Sorry, I'm hungover, no personal offense meant to anyone, just ranting.
Well said. Loving yourself doesn't mean you have to adore yourself, it just means accepting and respecting yourself (including the shortcomings that you may be unable to change) and trying to be at ease with yourself a wee bit more each day... Yes, it's a process of learning...toolsofthetrade said:i think its not narcism like, it's like you said, being at ease with yerself, acceptance of the way you are, the way you deal with things - be at one with what you think you are meant to be like.
if you cant accept the way you are yourself, you cant see though other ppl's 'shortcomings', or things you might feel they 'lack'.
it's like learing how to be patient with yourself, and others IMO.
Allan said:Speaking about loving yourself seems against the very essence of the word, it seems to me.
pagan2002 said:of course you have to respect and love yourself and strive to be good to others. nothing wrong with that like. if i didnt love meself and life a little bit i might never have got through some bad times.