First Kiss
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Welcome to # 3 in this week's spiritual scavenger hunt. Sharpen your wits and open you hearts. There are surprises waiting to be discovered. See what you can find.
On the bank of the Hudson River, veiled by a blooming willow, two teens kissed. I tip-toed in the distance, not wanting to disturb their tender love. It was sweet and I felt old, sifting through memories of my own young love. Could I even begin to taste the lost innocence?
Welcome to # 3 in this week's spiritual scavenger hunt. Sharpen your wits and open you hearts. There are surprises waiting to be discovered. See what you can find.
On the bank of the Hudson River, veiled by a blooming willow, two teens kissed. I tip-toed in the distance, not wanting to disturb their tender love. It was sweet and I felt old, sifting through memories of my own young love. Could I even begin to taste the lost innocence?
My Sweet, Crushed Angel
You have not danced so badly, my dear,
Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One.
You have waltzed with great style,
My sweet, crushed angel,
To have ever neared God's heart at all.
Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow,
And even His best musicians are not always easy
To hear.
So what if the music has stopped for a while.
So what
If the price of admission to the Divine
Is out of reach tonight.
So what, my dear,
If you do not have the ante to gamble for Real Love.
The mind and the body are famous
For holding the heart ransom,
But Hafiz knows the Beloved's eternal habits.
Have patience,
For He will not be able to resist your longing
For Long.
You have not danced so badly, my dear,
Trying to kiss the Beautiful One.
You have actually waltzed with tremendous style,
O my sweet,
O my sweet crushed angel.
-- Hafiz
-- Hafiz
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 3/31/2010 11:45 AM 
Categories: Nature, Westchester County, Photography, Spirituality
Tags: spiritual scavenger hunt Hafiz First kiss young love
Categories: Nature, Westchester County, Photography, Spirituality
Tags: spiritual scavenger hunt Hafiz First kiss young love
So romantic and multi-layered. The poem could be taken both romantically and spiritually right?
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Extra points for you. Yes, the poem is multi-layered but mostly about Divine love.
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I often find my mind wandering at the sight of young lovers, young parents, giggling teenage girls...
"That was me once, but nowhere near as free, as uninhibited, as relaxed, as tuned-in, as in-love as they look.
Did I miss my chance? Will I somehow be able to make up for it before I die? Why am I *thinking* old when I'm not *feeling* old? Will I die happy? I want to die happy."
L remember thinking, when I was younger, that I would not become an old woman with a largely unlived life and a head full of 'If only I had'."
I remember thinking that I wouldn't want to have the kinds of thoughts that I have when I see those younger people. Well, guess what? I am having those kinds of thoughts!
My greatest and perhaps only consolation is that I know that I did whatever I could, even if hindsight judges it insufficient and that whatever time I have left is filled with parcels of possibility waiting for me to unwrap them
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Thanks for your thoughtful candor. I think you speak for many readers.
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You my friend never cease to en troll me, amaze me, intrigue me, captivate and make me want to have another scotch and think some more into the wee hours of morning. Don't misunderstand that in my case anyway is a good thing.
You also let me know that I am not alone in my yearnings for youth. Not that the yearning is uncommon, but you so gently and equivalently put it in perspective.And help my full heated desire to make the most of the years I am in.
Someone once said,"If youth only knew, if age only could" Would not it be great if we could always look back and smile on the years we have lived, be they 20, 30, 60 80 ...? Always being glad for those years and rejoicing in the years we are in. Abraham Lincoln said, "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." I would add t that found memories however we make them is part of that life in our years.
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So glad this resonated with you!
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I can't believe I'm finding this just now. I love this photo.
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As a romance writer, I thought you might
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