A Little on LOVE <3

My lovely Aunt Sandy sent me the following in an email and it got me thinking about love and all that. I even got out my Bible to look up 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 and I realized, not for the first time, that love is a wonderful and magical thing. Also, I'm a big sap when it comes to love stories. :)

Love can not be measured in time or in value, not in measurement of a rule or gauged by a scale.

Love can not be thrown away like rubbish, or whisked away in the breeze or take flight by a gust of wind and banished from your heart or soul.

Love should not be tossed into the winds as though it were a pail of water.

Love should be taken to the heart, cherished and kept within the portals of the heart, held onto as though it was in intricate part of your own being.

Love comes into our lives through different stages of our time on Earth.

Love is granted by God to allow your heart to care for someone more than your own being.

Love comes in so many levels of emotion, giving way to tenderness of heart as is shown by the love of a Mother, a sibling, a spouse, a child, a lover or a friend.

Love comes in the form of compassion for another human being, allowing yourself to make someone 's world brighter, just by knowing you cherish them.

My Aunt Sandy wrote this. Isn't it pretty and so true? Love you! 사랑해요!


"Amor is to love you, Amor is to care, Amor is two people with something to share. Amor for the Spanish, Amour for the French, Love in any language always means the same!" - "Amor" by Amigos Invisibles
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Now playing: Amigos Invisibles - Amor
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Love Me If You Can

I know that some of you may not like country music, but oh well. I went through my stage of hating it as well, and coincidentally, it was Toby Keith's song, "American Soldier" that got me listening to country again after about 6 years of hating it.

I've seen Toby Keith in concert twice. In Iraq. It's kind of become a tradition, I guess. I got the opportunity to see him for the second time about a week of so ago, and I learned that that show was like his 115th or something show that he's done for us deployed troops since the war started. That's one of the many reasons I admire him. Another reason is that Toby Keith is an amazing songwriter and several of his songs have really meant a lot to me. One of my favorite things about country music is that a majority of the songs tell a story, so not only do the artists write songs, but they tell stories as well. (Another cool country storyteller/singer that I've started liking recently is Brad Paisley.)

Anyway, to make a long story short and before I go off on any more tangents, "Love Me If You Can" is a really great song, my new favorite song. Download it or buy his newest album, "Big Dog Daddy." Below are the lyrics and pictures from the concert.

Love Me If You Can

[verse 1]

Sometimes Think The Poor Is Necessary
Every Night I Pray For Peace On Earth
And I Hand Down My Dollars To The Homeless
But Believe That Every Able Soul Should Work

[pre Chorus]

My Father Gave Me My Shotgun
That I'll Hand Down To My Son
Try To Teach Him Everything It Means

[chorus]

I'm A Man Of My Convictions
Call Me Wrong, Call Me Right
But I Bring My Better Angels To Every Fight
You May Not Like Where I'm Goin'
But You Sure Know Where I Stand
Hate Me If You Want To
Love Me If You Can

[verse 2]

I Stand By My Right To Speak Freely
But I Worry 'bout What Kids Learn From Tv
And Before All Of Debatin' Turns To Angry Words And Hate
Sometimes We Should Just Agree To Disagree

[pre Chorus]

And I Believe That Jesus
Looks Down Here And Sees Us
And If You Ask Him, He Would Say

[chorus Out]


Have a great day!
Kendra

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Now playing: Toby Keith - Love Me If You Can
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