I walk , I talk
I sleep and I eat
Still lacking something
To whom do I cheat?
I watch movies
And listen to the songs
I think very less
Neither care about wrongs
I cook, I read
I earn some dime
But life is boring
Like this this rhyme
I decided not to look
In future and the past
But again loneliness grips
In the world so vast
Everyday it is a fight
Against vacuum and dirt
Can anyone suggest
Cure of this heart....
Looking simply at the romantic aspect of the day, then the history of Valentine’s Day goes back to the dawn of western civilization – February was always the month of love. Perhaps because there is a promise of spring ahead and the signs of fertility are all over. The ancient Greeks, governed by their passionate Gods had already set aside the days between mid-January to February to rejoice the love between Zeus and Hera. Later, the ancient Romans, celebrated February 15 as “Lupercalcia” as the day of love.The first actual renowned written romantic celebration in the history of Saint Valentine’s Day was in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Parliament of Foules”, written in 1382. There are no well-known written anecdotes or poetry of romantic love, associated with Saint Valentine’s Day before this at all. This poem was in honor of the first engagement anniversary of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, they were both fourteen years old. Later with the advent of courtly love in the fifteenth century, the importance of St. Valentine’s Day grew, making writing and receiving love poems on this day a norm. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia refers to it, reflecting its growing popularity.
Digging in the past,there are mainly three folklore about Valentine's day... first one is about "Roman Saint Valentine and Emperor Claudius(II)"..second is about.."Valentine of Terni" and third one is about ... "Valentinius of Alexandria"...
3rd century, when the Emperor Claudius II reigned, a time when falling in love seemed like a terrible sin. Marriage was made illegal for young soldiers, and love became a crime. Their only hope was Saint Valentine, a priest who would marry them in secret. As a punishment, he was imprisoned by the Emperor, tortured and eventually put to death for encouraging the path of love.Some records show that Saint Valentine turned to Christianity while he was in jail, which was punishable by death then. He helped many Christians in prison and even showed other prisoners the Christian view of love and forgiveness.Some lore suggests that he fell in love with the jailors daughter and sent her a letter in secret, signed as, “from your Valentine.” This note could be the first Valentine’s Day greetings send to one’s beloved. This entire aspect of defiance for love connects the history of Saint Valentine to bravery or “valor”.
Valentine of Terni spread the message of true love, it is said that he had the holiness to perform miracles, like healing the old and infirm. Of course, these were times when Christians were persecuted and he was beheaded for his faith.
This legend is one of the most influential in the history of St. Valentine’s; he is Valentinius of Alexandria, a Gnostic bishop. He preached the sanctity and importance of marriage, which was different from the growing asceticism of Christian thought.Legend says that Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Alexandria or both buried along the Via Flaminia outside Rome. In the middle ages, there have been churches dedicated to Saint Valentinus. Several written “Acta” or chronicles of the church have been found about the Valentinus of Terni and Saint Valentinus, speaking of their life and miracles.
"The ancient Sanskrit legends speak of destined love,a Karmik connection between souls that are fated to meet and collide and enrapture one another. The legends say that the loved one is instantly recognized because she is loved in every gesture,every expression of thought,every movement,every sound,and every mood that prays in her mind. The legends say that we know her by her wings - the wings that only we can see - and because wanting her kills every other desire of love".
"The same legends also carry warnings that such fated love may, sometimes, be the possession and the obsession of one, and the only one, of the two souls twinned by destiny. But the wisdom, in one sense is opposite of love. love survives in us precisely because it isn't wise".
"The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guide more wisely than your head. There is nowhere else in this world where that's quite so true".
The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say".
"I liked the way she held my eyes until the precise moment when it stopped being comfortable, and then smiled, softening the assail, but never looked away".
No-one, and nothing, could really hurt me. No-one and nothing, could really make me happy. I was tough, which is probably the saddest thing you can say about a man".
Karla: Yes (i like you), you are a good listener. That's dangerous, because it's so hard to resist. Being listened to - really listened to - is the second-best thing in the world.
Author: What's the first best thing?
Karla: Everybody knows that. The best thing in the world is power.
Author: Oh, is it? What about sex?
Karla: No.Apart from the biology,sex is all about power. That's why it is such a rush.
"I don't know. May be just the freedom to say NO. If you've got that much freedom, you really don't need any more".
"it's funny, but i think it's more important to have the freedom to say YES".
"Friendship is something that gets harder to understand, every damn year of life. Friendship is like a kind of algebra test that nobody passes. In my worst moods, I think the best you can say is that a friend is anyone you don't despise".
