Comments on: Love is a Rose http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Flowers Types Of Flowers Amy Rose http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-831 Flowers Types Of Flowers Amy Rose Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:33:20 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-831 <strong>Flowers Types Of Flowers Amy Rose...</strong> I didn't agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me... Flowers Types Of Flowers Amy Rose…

I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…

]]> By: Lee http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-498 Lee Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:23:33 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-498 I can see I'm not alone on the idea, that if I had made other decisions in my life, I wouldn't be where I am now, which is with a great guy, with a small tribe of grandkids. Still I do wonder what would have happened if I went to Florence. My mother predicted I would have stayed in Italy and married an Italian professor or something. She was glad I stayed home. I can see I’m not alone on the idea, that if I had made other decisions in my life, I wouldn’t be where I am now, which is with a great guy, with a small tribe of grandkids. Still I do wonder what would have happened if I went to Florence. My mother predicted I would have stayed in Italy and married an Italian professor or something. She was glad I stayed home.

]]> By: Chiron O'Keefe http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-497 Chiron O'Keefe Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:29:46 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-497 I made many sacrifices for love over the years. Though it always seems that I end up where I'm supposed to be anyway. Go figure. And most recently I've watched a good friend sacrifice much for the sake of her newfound love. Ironically, the feelings stirred up were not of nostalgia but relief. After years of sacrificing my heart, I found love with a wonderful man who is my absolute partner. Which means we both bend and we both give and we both reap the rewards of love. Maybe I've become a cynic, but when I look back to my own sacrifices I don't see Love. I see Need. I see Not Wanting To Disappoint. I see a complete lack of self-esteem. *rueful chuckle* Not very romantic, is it? Yet I have sacrificed for my husband as he has done for me. I've been by his side in the hospital and had him care for me when I needed it most. There isn't a moment of giving that I regret. There's never a time when I feel he thinks His Life is more important than mine. Or if he does, I set him straight pronto!! *laughs* And he 'gets it', which is why we're still rocking strong at 12 years. So... Love definitely means having to say you're sorry. But the person I would apologize to, all those years ago, was myself. For mistaking infactuation or neediness for love. Great post! Really made me think! --Chiron I made many sacrifices for love over the years. Though it always seems that I end up where I’m supposed to be anyway. Go figure.

And most recently I’ve watched a good friend sacrifice much for the sake of her newfound love. Ironically, the feelings stirred up were not of nostalgia but relief.

After years of sacrificing my heart, I found love with a wonderful man who is my absolute partner. Which means we both bend and we both give and we both reap the rewards of love.

Maybe I’ve become a cynic, but when I look back to my own sacrifices I don’t see Love. I see Need. I see Not Wanting To Disappoint. I see a complete lack of self-esteem. *rueful chuckle*

Not very romantic, is it? Yet I have sacrificed for my husband as he has done for me. I’ve been by his side in the hospital and had him care for me when I needed it most. There isn’t a moment of giving that I regret. There’s never a time when I feel he thinks His Life is more important than mine. Or if he does, I set him straight pronto!! *laughs* And he ‘gets it’, which is why we’re still rocking strong at 12 years.

So… Love definitely means having to say you’re sorry. But the person I would apologize to, all those years ago, was myself. For mistaking infactuation or neediness for love.

Great post! Really made me think!

–Chiron

]]> By: JIll James http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-496 JIll James Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:42:09 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/love-is-a-rose/#comment-496 There are days when I wonder what path my life would have taken if different choices had been made. But, I wouldn't have the life I have now without what went before. My one regret is that I didn't leave the rat I was with, instead I stayed until he tossed me aside. My self-esteem would have had a ton of building if I had been brave enough to just leave. There are days when I wonder what path my life would have taken if different choices had been made. But, I wouldn’t have the life I have now without what went before. My one regret is that I didn’t leave the rat I was with, instead I stayed until he tossed me aside. My self-esteem would have had a ton of building if I had been brave enough to just leave.

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