Love
Love is a perennial subject, and we all know what it is. But do we really? We use the word loosely, and it makes me think that I, especially, don’t really know what it’s all about.
In the Sound Singers group at Edmonds Senior Center, where I accidentally and luckily belong, a gifted singer sang “Love is a Many Splendored Thing.”
I know this song and sang it long ago, but the meaning came to me just now, and how powerfully it grabbed me!
My soul was forced to wake up in a joyful way, in a delightful discovery that now that I know, I could savor; I can feel it in my bones; I could shout it to the rooftops—and make me a new person.
Love is nature’s way of giving.
Love is a reason for living.
Love is a golden crown that makes a man a King!
Connie Pacis, originally from the Philippines, now lives in the Edmonds area, attending the senior center’s Writers Round Table and Sound Singers group.
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