amra@ihu1n.UUCP (s. aldrich) (03/06/85)
{ If I Lose My Mind, I Hope Someone Will Turn It In! :-) }
Here's something by Leo Buscaglia that I really like.
Hope you enjoy it, it's really fantastic!!
It's from his lecture entitled "Speaking of Love."
This particular excerpt is the conclusion to this lecture.
It goes as follows......
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A START
by Leo F. Buscaglia,Ph.D.
"I'd just like to end with something that I'm still
working on, but it's something I call 'A START'.
Each day I promise myself not to try to solve all
my problems at once. Nor shall I expect you to do so.
Take it easy, you can't be the perfect lover tomorrow.
But maybe next week.....
Starting each day I shall try to learn something new
about me and about you and about the world I live in,
so that I may continue to experience all things as if
they have been newly born.
Starting each day I shall remember to communicate my
joy as well as my despair so that we can know each other
better. Starting each day I shall remind myself to really
listen to you and try to hear your point of view, and
discover the least threatening way of giving you mine,
remembering that we're both growing and changing in a
hundred different ways. Starting each day I shall remind
myself that I am a human being and not demand perfection
of you until I am perfect. (So your safe)
Starting each day I shall strive to be more aware of the
beautiful things in our world.
Starting each day I shall remind myself to reach out and
touch you gently, with my fingers. Because I don't want to
miss feeling you. Starting each day I shall dedicate myself
again to the process of being a lover, and then see what
happens.
You know, I'm really convinced that if you were to define love,
the only word big enough to engulf it all would be *LIFE*.
Love is life in all of its aspects. And if you miss love, you miss
life. Please don't"
Leo F. Buscaglia Ph.D.
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PEACE & BEST WISHES
From The Atoms Currently Associated As:
Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihuxj!amra)
P.S. "Live every day as if it were your last. Someday it will be!!"
(also from Leo Buscaglia)