Thank you so much Mark for your wonderful words.  Delightful imagery.  I learn so much from people who post their deepest thoughts here.

I know someone who (even after 3 years) cannot move on with their Journey of Healing.  He cannot even think of his wife without great pain, so he doesn’t think of her except with all-pervading sorrow.

If you don’t mind, I will share (not using your name for confidentiality) your thoughts with him.

I hope that he can see that memories and love are a gift.  A gift to help him move forward. 

And you wisely mentioned “sharing”.  That’s the thing about love, isn’t it?  We do not receive love to accumulate and hoard it. 

The beauty of love is that it both heals and enriches us as it passes through us to others. 

And interestingly, the more love we give away, the more comes to us.  It is the love that people radiate that makes them so loveable.  And this attracts others to them.

I never say it directly, but (when I meet someone new) I impart the question, “Tell me who you love so I can know who you are.”  Once I see who and how they love, I immediately love them.  All people are loveable in this way.

- eKim