Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.
Diane AckermanRead
Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
Interpretation
Love is a cherished aspect of life that stands out among its many complexities and wonders.
In this quote, Diane Ackerman highlights the profound significance of love amidst the myriad experiences and mysteries that life presents us. It suggests that while life is filled with various tasks and enchanting enigmas, love holds a special place as the most treasured and delightful pursuit.
In practice
This quote can be shared at weddings to celebrate the joy of love.
Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.
We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside, because we're inside. God forbid something like a cockroach comes inside, or some dust.
We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can't completely satisfy that yearning.
Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.
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In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world's ordinary miracles. No mind or heart hobbles. No analyzing or explaining. No questing for logic. No promises. No goals. No relationships. No worry. One is completely open to whatever drama may unfold.
What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.
Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.
Love and compassion are the pillars of world peace.
Fair Katherine, and most fair,_x000D_ _x000D_ Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms_x000D_ _x000D_ Such as will enter at a lady's ear,_x000D_ _x000D_ And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?
Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent.
This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.
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