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Started by howard · 10 months ago

the keeping of faith
sometimes requires a belief
in realism. ... Continue reading »

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tracy
1 year ago

I want, I need, somehow to believe in love. Sometimes that is all you have and hope to one day receieve it in return....if you are one of the lucky ones.

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Adria
1 year ago

As the old song goes, "love is all around." When you talk about being realistic, or believing in realism, I take it to mean believing in love as something other than that wretched feeling that tears your guts out, sans mercy.

But then I've always been prone to overanalyze.

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Heather
1 year ago

I love this - realism is the base of lasting love.

Heather

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howard
1 year ago

tracy - I think your focus is on a different sort of love than the one I'm thinking of.

Adria - love is all around, and so are beauty and truth.

Heather - thank you. I agree wholeheartedly.

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