This Promise of Love.

I remember once several years ago walking into my favorite book store.

Upon the wall, to the furthermost corner and up to the left hung a plaque. Upon which it read;

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”

I later learned the quote to be that of poet Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, someone who dedicated his life and his teachings to the prospect of living passionately. And knowing, we’ve only just this one most beautiful life, to do with as the heart wishes.

Many will live their lives never having known that ‘teetering at the tip of the roof’ sort of feeling, where the compels to leap – so to speak. To take the chance, to believe.

When I was a little girl, I remember a song playing through the house. It was nearly Christmas, and the house was filled with a bustling drone of preparations for those yet to come. His voice was so very soulful, as he sang:

“I can only give you love that lasts forever,
And a promise to be near each time you call.
And the only heart I own
For you and you alone
That’s all,
That’s all…”

The voice was that of crooner Nat King Cole, still to this day one of my favorite songs. I must have just 5 or 6 years old at the time, certainly not yet old enough to understand the complexities of love – though, old enough to know…

That love was comprised of hope and possibility, without which, the heart is surely lost.

It’s that possibility that carries the light before the dawn, and the courage to speak where the heart might otherwise be closed.

All of this life, all of what we experience, and the gratitude that infuses our ever pore – my darlings, it is based upon that single possibility and hope…

That in the end, love shows it’s worth.

Namaste, my dearest darlings – and for you, on this day, I can only offer my promise of love.

I pray someday my love finds its way to you.

About

Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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