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Love Hurt

This morning I woke up thinking of my ex fiancee. As the warm waters of my morning shower washed over me, I contemplated our transgressions and what was the difference between the happy relationship I have now, and the tumultuous one we had together. Don't get me wrong, she's a great woman, and we shared the best of times and the worst of times. In the end, things mattered so much, and cut so deep, because we loved so much.


In the process of "finding love," we must learn to love and be loved. There are different types of love obviously, like that of a parent or friend. Often, it's the ones we hold above all others that our "love" neglects the most due to our insecurities, fear, and inability to communicate effectively.

When my relationship ended, I took the time to reflect on my own actions and feelings. In the heat of the moment, we may say things we regret. I certainly did, yet, at the time I felt justified in my comments. Through careful and objective reflection, I came to understand that things bothered me in a way with her, more than anyone else because I cared so deeply.

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Not saying our union was perfect, nor ultimately that it would work, but I think we both put ourselves through a lot of personal grief because we knew that we weren't meant for each other, even though we loved each other greatly. That's what hurt so much. To look into someone's eyes and love deeply, yet feel so detached is a very painful experience to endure.

That being said, and finding wisdom in all things, there are lessons to learn from deep painful love. I never look back with regret, because we cannot change yesterday. We've set each other free to find the true happiness we were destined to live, which is the greatest act of love and kindness two people can give. In honor of that experience, I try to live my life now by the lessons learned by it that has taught me more about myself and what will truly make me happy in life.

Sometimes love is not meant to last forever, and your partner isn't your possession. During your break up remember to criticize yourself first. It takes two to tango. It also takes two to argue. Remind yourself that it is alright not to be the same, and that people do grow apart. Stop comparing yourself to them and their ideals. Think about your happiness.

Lastly, walk away re-defining what it is that you truly want. Strip away all the good things from the bad and focus on those things you want in a partner. Recognize those things in people you don't like, or that rile you and irritate you and avoid them. Look for a partner who possesses those traits that will strengthen your bonds, instead of driving wedges between the happiness in your mind, and the reality you love.

People say and do things because love makes them care so deeply that they almost become intoxicated and delirious by it. And that isn't a pleasant sight. There are times when love is supposed to hurt. It pulls on your tenterhooks because it touches each of us so deeply and completely. Learn from those feelings so when you fall in love again, you can love with open arms and heart, and a mind free from those insidious thoughts that sabotage your happiness.

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Valentine Love


Valentine's are a special way of showing love to loved ones around the world and Cupid is the little guy with the arrows of "love". As an ambassador of love he can be found in every country and every town. He is especially important in Loveland, Colorado.

Cupid has already arrived in Loveland to meet with the volunteers of the worldwide Loveland Valentine Re-Mailing Program. The valentines will come from all 50 states and over 100 foreign countries including Brazil, Kenya, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Taiwan, Russia, Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Large numbers of valentines come from Canada, Great Britain, Japan and Australia each year to be re-mailed. Valentine's Day in Loveland, Colorado is a day of loving fulfillment for the citizens of this small town in northern Colorado.

The re-mailing program was started in 1947 by Ted Thompson, a local businessman, and postmaster Elmer Ives. Mr. Ives had received about 40 Valentines from people requesting they be mailed from Loveland, Colorado with the Loveland postmark as it would be a unique romantic touch. The two men talked it over and presented it to the Chamber of Commerce as a marketing opportunity to promote Loveland. The re-mailing program was promoted locally by the Loveland Reporter Herald and word was sent out nationally by the wire services. The Loveland Valentine Re-Mailing Program was born.

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The first Loveland cachet was a heart pierced by an arrow with the message, "A Valentine Greeting from Sweetheart Town, Loveland, Colorado". Volunteers hand stamped the cachet on over 300 valentines the first year and each thereafter the number of valentines re-mailed has increased. It is estimated that over 300,000 valentines will be stamped with the 2010 cachet. The cachet is formed by joining the art and a four line verse into one stamp and then it is applied to each envelope by volunteers. The art and verse are submitted each year by local citizens in competition to win the coveted cachet.

The volunteers are mostly senior citizens who look forward to February when the sorting and stamping begins. The valentines are sorted by color: red envelopes require a black cachet and white envelopes are stamped in red. The envelopes are sorted by size and counted. Processing the envelopes can be as high as 55,000 in one day. The envelopes are then taken to the Loveland post office and stamped with the distinctive Loveland cancellation mark created each year. This is truly a labor of love and a source of pride from the volunteers as each envelope is handled approximately 15 times from start to finish.

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Wedding Quotes


Your wedding planning is almost over but you have to have a lot of wedding quotes in your hand. You can use these quotes in various things in your wedding especially when you are to give wedding favors for your guests. Generic and popular wedding favors can be personalized by printing wedding quotes on them and signing your names, the date and venue of your wedding below. You can also have your own quotable speech marks. You can be humorous, dramatic or whatever style you prefer as long as you are communicating clearly and that you are touching the hearts of those who can read it.

When you have chosen a theme from the movies, the best way to present your wedding quotes is to say the memorable and sweet lines from the movie. There are also a lot of wedding quotes available from the internet where you can choose the best works that suit your theme or the story of your love. Some are listed below for your convenience.

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Wedding quotes are very useful for encouragement for your bride or groom and for your guests as well. When you have chosen to print a humorous one, at least you can have your guest smile not only because they have enjoyed the ceremony and reception but they are entertained with their favors.

When you do not want to adopt quotes from other persons, you can always make your own. Bring out the creativity in you and say whatever you heart wants to tell to your partner or to your guests. You could be the next romantic writer and write one of the most celebrated love quotes like : Passionate Shepherd of His Love - by Christopher Marlowe. All you need to do is to listen to your heart and pen your wedding quotes that touches the heart.

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Famous Quotes


Famous quotes provide great inspiration in tough times. These quotes can be helpful to the person to achieve their goals, know about their standing and even know much about their personality. Remembering a quote is a nice way to offer advice and offer tribute to someone. There are many ways through which you can find the good quotes that can help you to change your life.

You can have look around your surroundings. You will find many famous quotes on greeting cards, calendars and diaries. Whenever you find a memorable quote, just cut it and paste int into a scrapbook so that it does not get loose in shuffle of papers.

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Whenever you read, keep a journal next to you so that you can easily note down the nice points that touches you and express your feelings when you read something. There are many great quotes that you can find online. When you are using a quote in blog post, it is considered as good to link back to where you find the quote. You can also use the bookmark system or tagging so that you have track of your favorable ones.

Read the autobiographies of your favorite people. When they express their story in their own words they often give out quotes. This way you can have unique collection of quotes that could surprise people when they hear these. Listen carefully to the celebrity interviews. Many times they express their feelings in quotes and its obvious that the quotes express by famous celebrities become famous quotes

While searching for famous quotes to use in your presentation or speech, all that is required to visit Google and there you could find nice quotes for any possible presentation or speech you could ever imagine. You could also choose to go to library and find any book of famous quotations or any good book or quotes. There are plenty of good books. Most of them are categorized by keywords like optimism, success and inspiration etc. Find the quote that relates best to your presentation or speech and use it in the beginning of your speech and possibly to close it.

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Birthday Quotes


Some of the most quotable birthday sayings have been hand-picked for our birthday poems web pages. We want to share these poignant quotes with you, so that you can choose the one that best suits the sentiment you want to get across.

For your mom's birthday, there are quotes that express the love and care of motherhood throughout the ages.  Let her know how much her hard work and sacrifice and unconditional love mean to you.  Quotes are a wonderful addition to our birthday poems - try writing them in beautiful calligraphy and slipping them into a birthday card.

To honor a father who has been a tremendous influence in your life, whose hard work and wisdom have helped shape you into the person you are today, show him how much you appreciate all his love by adding appropriate birthday quotes to a card or gift on his special day.

Let your beloved know that he or she is always on your mind, and that this special person is so important and central to your life.  Birthday quotes are a wonderful extra touch that says you are thinking of them and that you put time and effort into finding a way to honor your lives together.

Birthdays are such important events - every year, each person has a day that is uniquely for them, and it is wonderful to be able to take that opportunity to show them how they are such a big part of your life.  Birthday quotes can be framed and kept as treasured keepsakes for many years to come.

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Milestone birthdays, like a 50th or 60th, are especially good times to commemorate the accomplishments of the past and salute the ones you love with best wishes for the future.

The following birthday quotes are especially meaningful:

To me, fair friend, you never can be old, 
For as you were when first your eye I eye'd, 
Such seems your beauty still. -William Shakespeare

What a beautiful way to tell the one you love the most that their youth and loveliness never fades in your eyes.  Or how about the following words of wisdom from one of the greatest comediennes of all time:

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball

These and many other birthday quotes ring as true today as the day they were spoken or written, whether last year or three thousand years ago. Birthday quotes not only give us a connection to our loved ones, they connect us to all those who have gone before; they let us know that, no matter how many ages pass, people remain essentially the same.

Make this birthday a celebration to remember.  Commemorate the special event with thoughtful or humorous birthday quotes that they will never forget.

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Positive Quotes


Using positive quotes and affirmations can be a powerful addition to any self improvement program. There are numerous studies showing how powerful these techniques can be. So why aren't you doing them?

Why do positive quotes and affirmations work so well? Well for most adults the overwhelming majority of our thoughts are negative. We didn't always have such negative thoughts, as children we mostly had positive thoughts. Look at the children you know, the majority are happy and have positive thoughts, while the majority of adults we know have negative thoughts.

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This is why positive quotes and affirmations can be so powerful in our lives. They give us the positive thoughts that we need to take our lives to the next level. By constantly telling ourselves great things and reminding ourselves about what we want to accomplish it is like we have a map leading directly to our goals.

If you aren't using positive quotes and affirmations daily to improve your life and help you accomplish your goals, start today. Come up with some quotes and affirmations that inspire you and repeat them three times everyday to your self, until you accomplish what you want.

By incorporating positive quotes and affirmations into your self improvement program you can make achieving your goals more automatic. How? Habits are formed usually after 21 consecutive days of doing something. So if you can just keep this part of your program up for 21 days you will be automatically reminding yourself everyday about what and why you want to accomplish your goals.

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