Found this in the archives a while ago. I don't recall why I posted it, or if I really related to it then, but in the two years since, the quote has taken on new meaning, and I understand it now because I have found it to be true in my life:
"He who is in love is wise
And is becoming wiser,
Sees newly every time he looks
at the object beloved.
Drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those
Virtues which it posses."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From a post on March 5th 2010
As I understand it; when you love something, you become attuned to it, you align yourself with that thing. You learn from it, subjects that didn't really interest you before gain a new angle when seen through the eyes of the 'object beloved'; something one dimensional becomes three dimensional. Your worldview is realigned, your mind expanded.
The thing you love becomes a new variable in the equation of days and life, always bringing a different twist to every situation, every event. The world takes on new depth and color, certain objects, places and memories shine brighter than all else.
Loving something fundamentally changes who you are.
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I speak not of one thing, nor of only one person; but of many people and many things in my past and my present. I say all of this in innocence and truth, for nothing more than to express to the world the things I have learned, and the ways in which I've grown. In expressing things in type or on paper, I am better able to organize my thoughts and feelings, thus coming to an understanding with myself and my thought processes.
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