It is becoming clear to us that we are literally parts of others and they of us.

NOTHING is left or lost, nothing of good 
Or lovely; but whatever its first springs 
Has drawn from God, returns to Him again.

PARTING and forgetting?   What faithful heart can do these?   Our great thoughts, our great affections, the Truths of our life, never leave us.

IF we still love those we lose, can we altogether lose those we love?

Character and Conduct – 2 September – Unrequited Love INFANCY?   What if the rose-streak of morning Pale and depart in a passion of tears? Once to have hoped is no matter for scorning: Love once:  e’en love’s disappointment endears,  A moment’s success pays the failure of years. R. BROWNING IT looks like a waste of life, that… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 2 September – Unrequited Love

God’s cross is always a crown:  our crowns are often crosses.

LOVE is the first and the last and the strongest bond in experience.   It conquers distance, outlives all changes, bears the strain of the most diverse opinions.

O you that have the charge of Love, 
Keep him in rosy bondage bound!

Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind!

I LIKE not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.   The realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.