It is the heart and not the brain 
That to the highest doth attain,
And he who followeth Love's behest
Far excelleth all the rest.
Henry W. Longfellow
 
 

There are all kinds of artist. A group we should 
celebrate more are artist of life itself who use 
their tools to express the inexpressible. Without a 
brush, they depict life with bright colors. Without 
a knife, they sculpt the magic of being.  Without a 
scale, they create music for us all. Without 
choreography, they engage in the dance of life.

When we are born, we are given tools to create a 
life of beauty. These same tools can be used to 
perpetuate ugliness and destruction. Hopefully we 
will understand at some point in our lives that we 
can decide to reflect beauty. Tangible works of art 
fade with time, chip from walls, and may be 
discredited by passing trends.

But a life of love lasts forever.

Leo Buscaglia
(Born For Love)

Love is very patient and kind, 
never jealous or envious,
never boastful or proud, 
never haughty or selfish or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable or touchy.
It does not hold grudges
and will hardly even notice
when others do it wrong.
It is never glad about injustice,
but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
If you love someone you
will be loyal to him
no matter what the cost.
You will always believe in him,
Always expect the best of him
and always stand your ground
in defending him.
All the special gifts
and powers from God
will someday come to an end,
but love goes on forever.
Living Bible
I Corinthians 13:4-8
 
 

Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh no! It is an ever fixèd mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
William Shakespeare 
 
 

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        A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
        ~Charles Dickens