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you killed my father.......prepare to die
you killed my father.......prepare to die remember the scene in Princess Bride where billy crystal makes the antidote for the dead prince which works because of "true love"? a fellow blogger asked me if i had experienced a variety of types of love including the intellectual, the emotional and the spiritual. it was an interesting question that i took into meditation to explore. what came for me is that if the love is "true" it automatically includes all of those aspects...the mind...the heart...the soul. i adored that movie for so many reasons. the use of myth that anabella speaks so brilliantly on; the recognition of that part in each of us that craves that connection to another; the reading of the book by the grandfather and the way in which the boy begins to see possibilities... "all you need i love.....all you need is love....all you need is love, love...love is all you need" do you think that's true? You cannot conceive the many without the one. |
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The only antidote for a dead prince (after about 12 hours)... is a six-foot ditch to roll that smelly sucker into. do you think that's true? NO... that ain't true. Ya know what I need??? A WHOLE lot bigger hard drive, or a WHOLE lot faster defrag; maybe a few shots of Patron will work. Solar...
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love is good...love is grand...but is it everyting...yes...in everyting you see...i love colour...i love food...i love you my friend...yup i think love makes the world go round...
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*le sigh*..I love that movie *hugs*
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No, I don't think it's *all* we need, but it sure makes life grand!
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That's one of my favorite movies. But I also noticed in it that love can become twisted -- with a desire for revenge: My name is Inigo Montoya...you killed my father. Prepare to die.
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Interesting comments from your many admirers (of which I include myself) ...my take, yeah, I think it's up there in importance for most of us...not as crucial as air or water as Maslow would say, but for many, it's what we live and breathe hoping to one day find...that elusive, very desirable connection with another soul that completely satisfies our ache for something MORE...beyond just living life, beyond mere laughter, beyond happiness...a deep-seeded feeling of completeness and contentment that you get when you're completed sated by the mere presence of someone that you live life thinking about. Sure, we CAN and DO live without it, but it's something most of us strive to have and yearn for. Is it tantamount to everything else, no...but if you have it, maybe it would be rather than living without it. I think once we can have it within our grasp, yeah, then self-actualization becomes the next goal, so I'd have to agree with picturenaked that it's somewhere in the middle of our needs. I also think the lower needs are easiest to achieve and as we get higher up the pyramid, the needs are much more difficult to achieve fulfillment. I know it's what I seek and hope to have. I live a good life now, I think I'd live a blissful life if I had that elusive connection. I don't think I could live passionately without it. Princess Bride has always been one of my most favorite movies (along with Pretty Woman). I named my company after a very well utilized phrase that was repeated frequently in the movie because of the movie and because of the meaning it relayed....(i.e., I love you). So, what's YOUR feeling on your question?
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8/24/2007 10:32 pm |
It might not be ALL that I need, but it is the foundation that holds all I need steady and strong... you might also need chocolate syrup or whipped cream or something like that... as you wish, WE... Not all who wander are lost.
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Hello Wicked, Re: PERVERT! "wickedeasy replies on 8/24/2007 8:21 am: hugs pirr.........thanks and i will take you up on that. i have kid right now who i think is gifted....but the mom is resisting assessment.....is there any tool i could use on my own with her?" Our school district and many other school districts use the CogAT. CogAT = Cognitive Abilities Test. It provides ability indications in the verbal, quantitative, and spatial realms. While the CogAT is considered a norm-referenced test, most school districts will consider two CogAT benchmarks for GT placement: An individual's Cumulative Score and an individual's disaggregated score in each realm. I'll send more information to your address in Hoo-ville. I'd like to offer four references related to Gifted and Talented: Bertie Kilgore, Sandra Kaplan, Margaret Kilgo, and the National Center for Gifted and Talented Development ‒ U. Conn. You could also consider the Stanford-Binet or Wechsler. I'm hesitant about recommending these two tests, though, since it has been several years since I have looked at them. My concern is this -- Are these two tests age appropriate and age accurate for your child? Hope this helps, pirround
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I think I'd rather be LIKED than LOVED, but I'm not absolutely sure of this. Ask me again in two weeks. What was your question again??!!!!?? pirround
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8/25/2007 4:41 am |
I guess true love does exist on some plane...its really the feeling of "connectedness" that I crave: physical, emotional, intellectual, physical...
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8/25/2007 9:49 am |
Sometimes love isn't enough to erase the hurt that someone can inflict upon you. Isn't it interesting that the people we love the most can hurt us the most. Love is a gift you give away. You entrust the person you love with your heart. I think there is true love, and that is when you give your whole being to another, you are open to them, trusting them with the things that are the most important part of you...your deepest desires, your emotions, your thoughts and dreams...you trust them to cherish those gifts. I think love is a basic need...we all need to be loved...the full heart-mind-body-soul-unwavering-acceptance-and-support kind of love. We give our love hoping to find it. Because you can't get it unless you give it. But, all that said, I don't believe just love is enough...you have to have the trust and understanding and acceptance...then that is all you need. "All you'll get from strangers is surface pleasantry or indifference. Only someone who loves you will criticize you." - Judith Crist, crack film critic
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