An election night is always a challenge for the passionate. Watching a group of young people and old come together for their candidates is a refreshing sight, although emotions run high. So I took a break from the cheering section here in Burlington, VT last night to come write about love for today. And as…
Author: Rita Watson
Love Daily: love me as a cat, dog, and baseball, Nov. 2, 2010
Today’s Wall Street Journal blog says, “Postseason love affairs in baseball have a knack for ending poorly.” We Love You, but at That Price? In baseball and in life, shotgun weddings rarely pan out. But oftentimes even torrid love affairs fail to make it through a full season. Can the problem be expectations? If you…
Love Daily: What is love?, Nov. 1, 2010
What is love? Love is the virtue of true compassion and affection. Love grows as it is given away. With romantic love, when two people meet and fall in love it is as if they were touched by the same star. They may talk about being soul-mates. Romance was brought to us by the 12th…
Love Daily: contagious laughter, Oct. 31, 2010 -Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! Here is hoping it is filled with love and laughter. Laughter has healing properties. Couples who celebrate 25th and 50th anniversaries say that it was laughter and forgiveness that helped their marriages last through the years. Marlo Thomas, Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny, tells us that it was…
Love Daily: Loving, giving, and gratitude, Oct.30, 2010
Love is imtimately entwined with giving and with gratitude. It was through Twitterville that I was reminded of two of my favorite quotes, one about loving yourself from Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “Gift from the Sea” and the another from Dr. Leo Buscaglia, author of “Love.” He talks about giving love away. Both of these, in…
Love Daily: Decide to love, Oct. 29, 2010
Love is basic euphoria and can happen in a split second. Some say that love is a feeling. Others that love is a decision. And the new research shows it takes about two tenths of a second for one to become smitten. Oftentimes love ebbs and flows or simply drifts away. Here is a quote…
Love Daily: The Invitation, Oct. 26, 2010
Do you like this story? “Every Day Love: The Delicate Art of Caring for Each Other” by Judy Ford “Accept the invitation. Love invites you on a journey to discover all things love, not what you think love should be, but what love is and can be.” (p 27) Watch for this series of vignettes…
Love is a delicious and soothing drug
With the myriad of songs written about love. lost love, and pain one rarely thinks of love as a drug that might soothe pain. But a new study was reported today that noted: “The euphoric ‘high’ that accompanies the passion-filled, early days of romantic love is a common pop music theme, but is it just…
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Am I the only FACEBOOK curmudgeon in the world?
In the wake of the new movie “The Social Network” I probably need to re-think my love-hate relationship with Facebook. It’s ‘The Social Network’ for finding friends, love and marriage, VIDEO We love it. We hate it. We use it. As a social networking tool it may be extremely valuable. But I had to ask…