Beyond Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 16, 2017 by mitchteemley

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Soulmate (noun):

Someone you’re “made for” and don’t have to work at loving.

Someone you choose to continue loving every day.

Love is a choice we keep on making.free-vector-heart-draw_133064_heart_draw

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21 Responses to Beyond Valentine’s Day

  1. Maria Gianna Iannucci says:
    February 16, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    I appreciate this post.

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  2. The Little Mermaid says:
    February 16, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    Very well said!

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  3. thebenedictineoblate says:
    February 16, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    Amen! Love is an action not mere good feeling. (In fact, as I’m sure all of us can testify, true love lies in acting in kindness and patience even when you feel at wits end with frustration and anger… yeah, I’m not feeling that at all today. 😖😆)

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  4. faithlovesoul says:
    February 16, 2017 at 6:29 pm

    Yes indeed!

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  5. Rick Christensen says:
    February 16, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    Mitch, good thing ours arrived with extra reinforced bumpers!! Quite a few years !!!

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  7. The Showers of Blessing says:
    February 16, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    Love is the balance of feelings and responsibilities – Miriam Hurdle
    Yes, love is something we work on continuously, even when we don’t feel like loving, still have to do the loving to keep it going. Thank you for the vivid illustration.

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  8. The Showers of Blessing says:
    February 16, 2017 at 9:49 pm

    A balance of feelings and doings, and emotions and responsibilities…..

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  9. Manuel Chavarria says:
    February 16, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    They say that you scratch away the surface of a cynic, and you find a disappointed idealist, and I think that bears out; many of the things I write emerge from a darker place in me, I think, but I always love reading your work in the morning. Particularly these sorts of posts leave me with a hopeful feeling that I don’t always indulge. I’m glad to have you on my reading list.

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  10. dawnlizjones says:
    February 17, 2017 at 12:01 am

    FB’d!! Standing O!!

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  13. 2ndhalfolife says:
    February 17, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    This is so true and a lesson I have learned very late in life and after ending many relationships! 🙂

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  14. Souls Full Filled says:
    February 17, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    Succinct truth!

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  15. gpavants says:
    February 25, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    Amen. Bumps, crashes, and near misses love works.

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