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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn The Wind's mantra for 40 years ~ ~ ~
The Spectrum of Love
by
Walter Rinder
I love you!
There is a much greater motivation than simply my spoken words. For me to love is to commit myself, freely and without reservations. I am sincerely interested in your happiness and well-being. Whatever your needs are, I will try to fulfill them and bend my values, depending on the importance of your need. If you are lonely and need me, I will be there. If in that loneliness, you need to talk, I will listen. If you need to listen, I will talk. If you need the strength of human touch, I will touch you. If you need to be held, I will hold you. I will lie naked in body with you if that be your need. If you need fulfillment of the flesh, I will give you that also, but only through my love.
I will try to be constant with you so that you will understand the core of my personality
and from that understanding, you can gain strength and security that I am acting as me.
I may falter with my moods. I may project at times a strangeness that is alien to you, which may bewilder or frighten you. There will be times when you question my motives. But because people are never constant and are as changeable as the seasons, I will try to build within you a faith in my fundamental attitude and show you that my inconsistency is only for the moment and not a lasting part of me. I will show you love now, each and everyday, for each day is lifetime. I will not defer my love or neglect it, for if I wait until tomorrow, tomorrow may never come. It is like a cloud in the sky passing by, they always do you know.
If I give you kindness and understanding, then I will receive your faith. If I give you hate and dishonesty, I will receive your distrust. If I give you fear and am afraid, you will be afraid and fear me. I will only give you what I need to receive.
To what degree (amount) I give love is determined by my capability. My capability is determined by my environment, my past existence, and my understanding of Love, Truth and God. My understanding is determined by my parents, friends, places I have lived and been, all experiences that have been fed into my mind from living.
I will try to give as much love as I can. If you will show me how to give more, then I will give more. I can only give as much as you need to receive or allow me to give. If you receive all I can give, then my love is endless and fulfilled. If you receive a portion (part) of my love, then I will give others the balance I am capable of giving. I must give all that I have, being what I am.
Love is universal. Love is the movement of life. I have loved a boy, a girl, my parents, art, nature. All things in life I find beautiful. No human being or society has the right to condemn any kind of love I feel or my way of expressing it, if I am sincere, sincerity being the honest realization of myself. and there is no hurt or pain intentionally involved in my life or any life my life touches.
I want to become a truly loving spirit. Let my words, if I must speak, become a restoration of your soul. But when speech is silent, does a man project the great depths of his sensitivity. When I touch you, or kiss you, or hold you, I am saying a thousand words.
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In The Wind's mantra for 40 years ~ ~ ~ (Original Post)
In_The_Wind
Feb 2013
OP
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)1. Very cool!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. indeed
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)3. Please tell me I am not
the only one here that has this stuck in their "diary" from the 1970s. THIS is a true blast from the past. Thank you so much for sharing it ITW!
Love, Peace and Shelter. lmsp
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)4. Walter Rinder the author
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)5. <3
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. you and I have the same plaque
since '72
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)9. ~ ~ ~ !!!
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where are you. imo ~ in the wind misses littlemissmartypants. big time.
trof
(54,256 posts)7. Ok, this is frivolous, but...The Ballad of the Military Lovers:
"Do you love me?"
YES SIR! I DO!"
sorry
(Courtesy of that great poet Mason Williams)
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)8. yes, I do
imo: there is nothing frivolous about love.
however, thank you . . . trof
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)10. sweet
great mantra!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)11. it's rather amazing
today, by a private message . . . I found myself quoting the last line from the fifth paragraph.
Oh and then, earlier on a phone call will try to be constant with you . . . .
Oh and then, earlier on a phone call will try to be constant with you . . . .
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)12. rather amazing
.... like In_The_Wind!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)13. oh, thank you
it really is who I am . . .
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)14. ITW It's YOU!!!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)15. About warrprayer
is true!
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o.m.g. that song really is about in the wind.
what do I do now . . .
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o.m.g. that song really is about in the wind.
what do I do now . . .
sheshe2
(83,846 posts)16. Simply~
Beautiful.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)17. indeed
namaste
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)18. LMSP kicking...n/t
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)21. I'm awake now.
[img][/img]
How are you, my friend.
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)24. I am better.
Thank you. But now I am more cold meds and back to sleep. If only my head would stop hurting.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)25. vibes for the headache to be gone ~~~~~~~~~
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)19. .
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)20. .
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)22. That's beautiful
Thanks for sharing!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)23. I'm so glad you like it.
thank you