The Dance Between Eros and Agape I’ve spent much of the past few years contemplating the meaning of love and life given my personal cirumstances. I’ve always appreciated how Pope John Paul II explored it in his seminal Theology of the Body lectures, particularly the distinction he draws between eros and agape. Those early reflections conveyed a kind of purity and balance I’ve rarely encountered elsewhere. There’s a dance between eros and agape, between the selfish and the selfless, th...| geekyschmidt.com
Love songs will never go out of fashion. But have you noticed that most love songs are limited to the very first stages of love? They’re almost always about two specific topics: either the excitement of meeting someone new, or the sadness of breaking up. It’s rare to hear love songs that focus on love … Continue reading The Never-Ending Novelty Of Staying With The Same Person| sethlewis.ie
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu One of my takeaways from social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s recent book The Anxious Generation is that kids need to practice working out their relationships with each other. Negotiating what they want and also how to take care … Continue reading Out of the Mouth of Babes: Three Lines That Open Us Up→| Surprised By Joy
“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.” – Nelson Mandela There was a moment on Monday night when I thought, “I hate baseball” as both of my kids were sitting on the couch crying. The Mariners had just lost Game 7 of the ALCS to the … Continue reading How To Share the Ball→| Surprised By Joy
St Albans, October 2025 Enjoying the warming yellows and getting in the mood for Becky’s November Shadows – only a week to go! Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturda…| Travel with Intent
The stairs of a dream Start with having one Begin the path of that it takes you Don’t give up when you need To take a few steps backwards Remember, it’s a process To go where you need to be Alex| Mybookworld24
I don’t think it is a secret that I’m becoming a fan of Lewis Capaldi’s music, which says a lot for me because I haven’t found an artist I can listen to non-stop and still find a verse or word that makes me think, feel or remember something. When I remember stuff, it’s a gamble … Continue reading Almost by Lewis Capaldi→| Mybookworld24
“Do good, let your light shine bright, let your light shine right, respect your fellow man as you should.” A MixTape on letting your light shine bright and your song be strong and loud.| magpiesmagazine.com
What is self-love? This is certainly a question many life coaches will have considered. No, it's not about your ego. Nor about being selfish.| Learning Mind
Throughout much of church history there has been great confusion, and even tragic error, regarding the interpretation and use of the Song of Solomon. While some Jewish leaders have been on record discouraging it from being read by any man under the age of 30, Christian leaders have been almost as obvious in their discomfort with the book. One Christian forefather Origen even suggested that it should not be read by anyone who has not first completely crucified all his carnal, fleshly desires. ...| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
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That may be a weird title, but it’s much better than: My Wife Is Dumpster Fire.| Five O'Clock Shadow
Do you make people uncomfortable? If you are a woman who respects herself, has invested in her growth, has succeeded at anything at all, gets more attention, chances are high that have ruffled some feathers. If you identify as a … Continue reading → The post I Make You Uncomfortable-I’m Okay With Your Discomfort appeared first on The Goddess Principles.| The Goddess Principles
Do you know how to suffer? Have you ever suffered so much, that you found bliss in your experience? Have you ever experienced so much pain that you either found meaning in that excruciating feeling or allowed the pain to … Continue reading → The post How To Suffer Powerfully And Gain From It Exponentially appeared first on The Goddess Principles.| The Goddess Principles
What is intimacy? Have you felt it genuinely? How do we know when we have actual intimacy in a relationship? How often do women think they have intimacy when their partner doesn’t even know what that means? My theory about … Continue reading → The post Do You Know How To Be Intimate? appeared first on The Goddess Principles.| The Goddess Principles
What is the spiritual purpose of aging? Most of us are worried when we see our skin start to droop, our hairline recede, our face start to collapse, and we panic. I need to do something right now! I need … Continue reading →| The Goddess Principles
In June, the French writer Édouard Louis spent a few days in Ljubljana, where he gave two public talks. During one of our conversations, I... The post Édouard Louis: “Violence Carries the Risk of Its Own Destruction” appeared first on Disenz.| Disenz
Image from the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Wallace Collection, October 2025 A short post, as I struggle not just for time at the moment but to find the mental resources to commit ideas to writi…| Making rights make sense
We live in a world that glorifies the spotlight. Loud launches, big stages, bright lights, viral posts, they make success look like something that happens out there, where everyone can see it. But the truth is quieter. Real strength is forged in the shadows. In the places where no one is clapping. In the long…| rochemamabolo
When people think you’re not as sharp, not as capable, or not as aware as you truly are, they lower their guard. They relax. They reveal things they wouldn’t reveal to someone they see as a threat. That’s your advantage, not their insult. To be underestimated is to be given a quiet corner to build…| rochemamabolo
There’s something profoundly beautiful about the idea that your soul leaves fingerprints. Not just the physical traces, the warmth of a handshake, the way a pen curves under your fingers, the soft …| rochemamabolo
by Rana No, I can’t drive you out of my heart, Believe you me I triedYou are mine in my world, oh no! You are my whole world While dead and dry leaves fall off from branches of the treesLove’s a kite dancing in the hurricane where dusky tides hurled When I reminisce of you I… Leer más My Love for you| Gobblers by Masticadores
by Marcello Comitini What did you see in that nightof shooting starswithout any announcement,without any expected birthbeyond those old hopeswhich, again next summerwill fall with the stars?As you watched, did you hearthe mountain exhortingthe river not to dissolve into the sea?Did you see the tiger spare the zebra,and the lion the timid gazelle?The stars fallbecause nature… Leer más Night of stars| Gobblers by Masticadores
It seems like there’s a belief that virtue only shines through when faced with temptation. Some might even think that women should be sheltered from these challenges, assuming they might be too weak or inclined to vice. But let’s consider this: while it’s true that keeping someone in ignorance may protect them temporarily, it doesn’t […]| Coffee shots
Strange things can happen when you least expect them.| Poetry For Healing
Have you ever found yourself utterly speechless, heart racing, desperately searching for the sincere words to tell her how you truly feel? That beautiful, terrifying moment of realization—it’s more than just a crush; it’s a deepest connection, a soul-stirring infatuation that changes everything. It’s often the hardest thing to confess those tender, overwhelming feelings without tripping over your tongue or writing something generic. We know how important this moment is. It demands poe...| DailyFunnyQuote
Discover the perfect way to express your love. Find 150+ romantic love messages for your wife—from sweet and deep words that will melt her heart.| DailyFunnyQuote
Key Takeaway: Falling out of love isn’t just emotional, it’s biological. When dopamine fades and stress hormones rise, relationships suffer. But here’s the hopeful part: through neuroplasticity and couples therapy, your brain can literally rewire itself to feel love again. This article explores the science behind why we fall out of love and the proven […] The post Why Falling Out of Love Is Actually Your Brain’s Fault (Not Yours) appeared first on GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog.| GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog
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A woman has shared a sad story of how she split from her husband of 25 years after he ate her cheesecake. The revelation has the internet split between two very heated camps. Was this petty of her?| Thought Catalog
I’ve been meaning to read Simonetta Perkins since … when? Certainly since I read The Ambassadors last year. (I read a big Henry James novel! I’m so grown-up, I can’t stop telling everyone.) Hartley was nearly 30 when this slim volume came out, and it was the first piece of fiction of any appreciable length … … Continue reading →| Somewhere Boy
It's important to be aware of what challenges you might experience so you know how to face them together The post The 6 most common intimacy issues for sapphic couples and how to overcome them appeared first on .|
It’s been a minute since we chatted. and I need to know what’s happened in your life since we met, e-met or chatted in Target. Or at a conference, in the elevator, standing in line for the magic elixir (coffee). So tell me, fill me in. For example: I learned that one of you is…| Ann Garvin
More Jim. Hi all. I have a lot of hot topics to tell you about, but it seems that what people really want is more Jim. Jim who? You ask? Jim is the man I’ve been dating after being single since 2010. People know about him because I went on a date with a different…| Ann Garvin
MODERN LOVE: He Wanted to Date Younger Women Which made me angry at him — and then at myself I published an essay in Madison Magazine about a meet-up where I asked my date, who was my age, 62, how online dating was going for him. Right to my face, with an open smile, he said…| Ann Garvin
“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” Mark 4:39 (ESV) Stormy seas. Scripture often uses the sea to describe chaos. From the first chapter of Genesis—where […] The post Calming the Chaos appeared first on all things faithful.| all things faithful
Alistair Begg is the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, a daily and weekend program that brings the exposition of Scripture to a global audience through radio, podcast, and a wide range of digital and streaming platforms. Since its launch in …| all things faithful
This week let’s write a poem about falling in love. Yesterday the Living Poetry Book Club met to discuss Carol Ann Duffy‘s T. S. Eliot Prize winning collection Rapture. There was something to love in just about every poem but we spent a lot of time on the first one which I’ll link to, You. … Continue reading →| Living Poetry
INFJs seek specific qualities in partners and friends.| IntrovertDear.com
As always, thank you to everyone who sent in questions; you make my life so much easier. Chairman Mao says, your diligent striving to increase quality outputs will be rewarded with… sunflowers? Some kind of cabbage? Whatever, you’ll eat it and like it, Citizen! Pickle Rick asks: Bolton just got hit with 18 charges. Serious? … Continue reading "Friday Mailbag"| Founding Questions
Or, anyway, an initial stab at it. Much like the glossary and the recommended reading list, both of which seemed like good ideas at the time, but need far more maintenance than I have given them… well, you see where this is going. Nonetheless, I’m going to take a stab at it. But first: Why? … Continue reading "A Field Guide to Salon Tense (preliminary remarks)"| Founding Questions
Note: this is an updated version of an older post. Limerence upends life. Whatever your situation when a new LO appears in your world, everything changes. The disruption is probably most severe if the limerent is already in a long-term relationship and the limerence was unexpected. A common lament for limerents in this situation is: […] The post On not knowing what you want first appeared on Living with Limerence.| Living with Limerence
Listen very carefully to your thoughts and emotions. A negative thought or negative emotion, provided that you believe it to be true, is an energy sieve. From the point of view of energy, you shoul…| Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.
The world expects a man to lead and protect. After all, some say he is the stronger of the two.A man is supposed to care, to love— with the expectation that he’ll one day start a family.People of all kinds stress the importance of being a man, grooming him to become a provider, a teacher.And on the appointed day,he rose to the occasion:found … Continue reading To the Unknown Father→| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
Best love Quotes About love Sayings I Miss You So much To Me Inspirational love quotes about life ” I miss you so much and I just want you. ;).” short love quotes| Dreams Quote
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Learn how temperament shapes love and marriage. Discover ten unique temperament traits, goodness of fit, and practical tips to harmonize relationships.| blog.heartmanity.com
Send her a smile! Get the sweetest and most romantic Love Paragraphs for Her. Find short, cute, and long notes to show her how much you care.| FunZumo
What Values Does Your Community Food Forest Have About Celebrating Love? Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, which we have come to know as a holiday associated with love, romance, compassion, and all kinds of relationships, including friendship. However, in my post on Tuesday, I mentioned the ancient festival of Lupercalia, which was… Continue reading The post Celebrating February in the Food Forest! appeared first on Community Food Forests.| Community Food Forests
When we think of someone spraying bullets through stained glass windows into a Catholic church where young children are observing morning mass, we should feel horrified. In an effort to make sense of our horror, however, we should not resort to psychological categories like “mental illness.” If we do, then, sadly, we’ve failed to reckon […]| Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.
We can start pretending, in a vaguely schizoid way, that existence / nature / whatever responds to our overtures, indeed, that the whole container is a 360-degree dance partner keeping time with your every move. The post Devotion appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
He loves me, he loves me not is how the saying goes. That is what we believed when we were young. With maturity comes wisdom and there is less need to play games because you just know.| Poetry For Healing
We are in our lover girl eras ❤️ The post These Dubai date night spots are IT appeared first on Cosmopolitan Middle East.| Cosmopolitan Middle East
Letting Go Quotes: Let these quotes about letting go of the past assist you in moving on with your life, since clinging to the past will only serve to make your future more difficult. It is not always easy to let go of things that were very important to us, but if we want to...| TailPic
‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”—C.S. Lewis “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I was thinking about that quote while walking to this morning’s possibility posse. And I decided to amend it just slightly: Even if something IS broke (or appears to be), don’t fix it. Here’s why: Trying to […]| Pam Grout
“There is a simplicity to life if we let ourselves see it…it’s beautiful…and perfect. We become aware of it when we don’t listen to the mental noise in our minds.”—Gail Brenner Right now, the only time there really is, I am flying high. I feel free, curious and eager to discover what the field of […]| Pam Grout
Welcome back readers. We’ve got nineteen new-and-cool selections for you this week. If this is your first visit, we have a Patreon that has helped us bring you a slice of online games crit each week for (counts on fingers, runs out...| Critical Distance
parched petals litter tabletoptears cling to eyelashesskeletal tree limbs crackas blizzard careens from sky sunrise announces joyful dayas cherry blossoms bloomyes bedazzled by lovebouquet gifted, …| lillian the home poet
The W3 prompt this week was given by our POW Michelle. She challenged us to write a Hay(na)ku Love Series for this week’s W3 hosted by David at the Skeptics Kaddish. Hay(na)ku Love Series 1. The Cr…| Helping You To Succeed
Watch: How this woman's boyfriend naturally acts when he returns home is giving total strangers hope for true love.| InspireMore
A heartfelt reflection on resilience and light in dark times, urging you to stay in love with hope -- breathing life into it, letting it guide you through fear, and reminding the darkness: "I am still here."| Share More Stories
“This is what the Lord says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters… See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:16, 19 (ESV) …| all things faithful
What a time to be alive! So much is happening and changing. It seems like things are getting worse, but things must come to the surface in order to be cleared away. Humanity is experiencing a huge shift in consciousness and many are now feeling this. I had my own awakening in 2017 when I […]| Living Vegan
as we get older, grouchier, crankier and more creaky it is admittedly getting harder and harder to get out there and have fun together. “fun” is such a strange word for me...| Winnie Lim
Some mornings the mirror is a customs agent. Papers, please. I present a face I didn't consciously choose and a biography I didn't audition for. Born into a longitude, assigned to a specific moment in history, stamped by the weather of a family system. Our personal this-ness is a miracle that also feels like a prank: here's your DNA, here's your surname, here's your destiny. Good luck.| BEEW
To answer today’s question, I need to go back to 12 October 2022, the day I sat down with a doctor for my final medical exam before retirement. Until that point, I thought I was indestructible. Sure, there was always a pain here or there, but like we say in the Army, we just need … Continue reading The Questions We Don’t Ask — And Why They Matter, Part 7→| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
Benedetti, Mario "The Truce" (Spanish: La Tregua) - 1960Diana from Thoughts on Papyrus recommended this book to me. It's not very long, so I read it in between other things. Despite its brevity, it contains a lot, practically everything you need for a long life.| Let's read
“Love is wine as old as time, which quenches our lonely longing.” ~ John Mark Green Flowers and butterflies have a symbiotic relationship, a form of love and longing. ~ In my experience…| writing to freedom
When the Wheel of Fortune card in love readings shows up, I always lean in a little closer, because this is no ordinary pull. I’ve spent decades reading and teaching the tarot, and if there’s one thing the Wheel has taught me, it’s that love is never static. This card is a bold reminder that […] The post The Wheel of Fortune Card in Love Readings appeared first on Tarot Teachings.| Tarot Teachings
Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love. He naturally dreads, not only to be hated, but to be hateful; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of hatred. He desires, not… Read More »| Driverless Crocodile
As many of you know, my dear friend and fellow blogger, Neil Reid, left us last November. Today would have been his 78th birthday. In honor of his kind heart and beautiful writing, I’d like to shar…| Bridgette Tales
I love potent little phrases (it’s why I run a quotation-browsing website), and I recently came across a great one. It seems that Mignon McLaughlin once quipped: No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved. It bowled me over. Because it immediately struck me as both true and useful. First, […]| Frozen Toothpaste
I’ve got a short enemies list. If I whittle it down as far as it can go, I think it contains one item: ignorance. But it wasn’t until today that it struck me directly that this relates very specifically to the one thing I could whittle my list of unimpeachably good things down to: love. […]| Frozen Toothpaste
Not long ago our church studied through the Ten Commandments together. In preparation for considering this formidable and famous piece of Old Testament law, it was helpful for me to consider, or reconsider, the goodness of God in all that he does, including giving us the law. More than just a list o| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
Maryam Sayed Deeb and Abdullah Abu Nahl got married during the Israel-Gaza war, but two days later they were killed in an Israeli air strike.| www.abc.net.au
You can preach a good sermon without loving your people, but you will never preach a great sermon without loving them. Here's why...| Pro Preacher
#CosmoCrushes The post All the crushes who are living rent free in our hearts appeared first on Cosmopolitan Middle East.| Cosmopolitan Middle East
Zina Is Real? Zac and Nina’s Flirty Getaway Has Fans in Full Ship Mode The post Are Nina Dobrev and Zac Efron the new It-couple? appeared first on Cosmopolitan Middle East.| Cosmopolitan Middle East
BRB, updating our fantasy couple list. The post Are Chafic & Nour El Hajj from Love is Blind Habibi actually dating IRL? appeared first on Cosmopolitan Middle East.| Cosmopolitan Middle East
Silence is a NO. An unanswered question is a no. A changed subject is a no. And no always means no. This is not an invitation to start working on it to eventually get to a yes. No means no. I don&#…| The Goddess Principles
i spent the last weekend of summer mostly under the sun, and submerged in water. i've been itching to swim again, despite autumn approaching. one day in particular, sunday, while swimming in the shallow end of my friend's apartment pool, i thought a lot out loud about the distinction between being desired and being wanted, and how i got there.| my varnished soapbox
Outside, the full moon rests in the sky. Unlike the sun, it does not demand attention. It does not burn or blind. It does not rush the world into action. Instead, it glows quietly, softly. Its ligh…| rochemamabolo
It’s tempting, when we see someone stuck or wandering, to point out the path we think they should take. We want to spare them pain, shortcut the confusion, and share what worked for us. But life do…| rochemamabolo
Life is indeed a game, and one of its oldest and most enduring games is the status game. From the dusty playground of a township school to the glass boardrooms in Sandton, from a family gathering i…| rochemamabolo
God’s greeting; “mysterious drones”; upcoming changes; animals; volunteers; differences in physical and spirit worlds| Matthew Books
Sister missionaries weren’t supposed to jump rope, right?| LDS Living
I personally owe a lot to this wonderful novel. It inspired my own Spirit of the Place, of which a reviewer said, ‘It reads like a starter pack for Possession.’ Was this a put-down or praise? I chose praise, because, though not intentionally, that’s what, in effect, it is. I remember back in 1990, when the opinions of the Booker panel were televised before the winner was announced, someone from the Cambridge English Faculty dismissed Possession because, he opined, any of his colleague...| reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Ken Nelson, Manufacturing at Terraform Industries Journal entry from January 2021: “Something bad is going to happen this year. I just hope I don’t die.” And the adventure begins……| Terraform Industries Blog
Growing up in the 50’s, I wasn’t around black kids much since sadly they went to separate schools, churches, and lived in different neighborhoods then. But I lived part of my childhood …| joyful2beeblogs
Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far| Galen Pearl
It is always a joy to write for Hotel masticadores. Today my romantic poem, Celestial Drift has been published by Michelle Navajas. My thanks to Michelle and her team for their commitment to supporting and encouraging writers from across the world to pursue their creative dreams. Please click the link below if you are so […]| Helping You To Succeed
Happy Saturday. Today is our 12th wedding anniversary and I thought I would share the card I made for hubby before we left. Not sure how I w...| unikostudio.blogspot.com
Turning Point USA is the life work of Charlie Kirk. Turning Point USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk. The organization’s mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of […] The post Turning Point USA – Changing a Generation appeared first on all things faithful.| all things faithful
“I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 16:8 (ESV) I don’t know about you, but the world can seem pretty unstable right now. One glance at the …| all things faithful
this is all reworked from instagram story posts of each film, using googled images that have comparable widths for uniformity. i'll see how i feel about images in my posts at all. it's different. it'd be cool if i could upload my own sourced images, but i'm making do. i like visuals. and i'll do anything but log such things in letterboxd.| my varnished soapbox
i got a co-star notification that said, "destroy with purpose." the app is a novelty at best. the notifications come to me like a sims 1 prank call. the "message from the universe" timing can be silly or ominous.| my varnished soapbox
ecently unexpectedly she started going to the gym with me — at first she wasn’t sure if she could really commit to it because to avoid crowds we have to go to the gym really early in the morning and she loves her sleep. But she did it anyway, and for the first time this...| Winnie Lim
There is a fetish I quite like. It’s not terribly common, but it’s also not uncommon as these things go, and it's called somnophilia . It’s the fetish for either having sex with a sleeping partner, or having someone have sex with you in your sleep. Now, if you don’t get the appeal, that’s totally…| tacit.livejournal.com
On a recent visit to the Chicago Writers Museum, I conceived the idea of giving my eldest grandson the gift of a lifetime—something small, forever to keep. An exhibit featured brief short stories …| Dr. Gerald Stein
