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A Familiar Taste

A Love Poem

A Year in Art

Chinese Beauty by Der Jen (Dezhen)

Aleksandr Pushkin

"Woman in White" by William Merritt Chase, c.1888-90

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Almost a Whisper

Always

"Midsummer Eve" by Edward Robert Hughes, ca. 1908

Amy Lowell

puritan illustration

Anne Bradstreet

At the Pier

baseball love

Baseball Love

Be My Love

holding hands

Because

Bond and Free

by firelight

By Firelight

carousel

Carousel Dreams

"The Sewing" by Nom Kinnear King, giclee print

Christina Rossetti

"The Proposal" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872

Christopher Marlowe

"Reflections (Marcelle)" by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1909

D. H. Lawrence

"Lady Lilith" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

"Reminiscing by the Pond" by Armand Point (French 1861-1932), oil on canvas, 1893

Edmund Spenser

"Windflowers" by John William Waterhouse, 1903.

Eliza Acton

"The Soul of the Rose" by John William Waterhouse, 1908

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Fire and Ice

Fusion

"Spring Idyll" by George Henry Boughton, 1901

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Goodnight Kiss

Grandfather’s Love

Heavenly Love

How to Make a Woman Fall in Love

I know I am but summer to your heart

winter tree

In Winter When

jealousy

Jealousy

"The Love Letter" by August Toulmouche, 1883

Johann von Goethe

"Girl in Pink" by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1903

John Donne

" Embrace the Light" by Christian Schloe, digital art, 2019

John Keats

"The Bouquet" (a study) by John William Waterhouse. 1908

John Wilbye

heart

Love and Relationships

a rose is a rose

Love Is

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink

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Inspiration for the Spirit is all about love—not only romantic love, but also love for our fellow man, loving life and its many wonders and, most importantly, the love of self that comes when you are truly content with the person you are ... Read more
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In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. —Buddha
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Beginnings

love tree It had been a pivotal year for me. A bad breakup early on had left me feeling fragile and fragmented and looking inward for answers ... Read more

The Simplicity of Tea

tea

When I drink tea, there is only me, and the tea. The rest of the world dissolves. There are no worries about the future. No dwelling on past mistakes. ... Read more

The Language of Flowers

During the Victorian era, people often gave each other flowers and used the "language of flowers" (sometimes called floriography) to express feelings ... Read more

My Miracle Heart
A true story

Native American Wisdom

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The Great Spirit is in all things: He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that ... Read more

Sign My Guestbook

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One of the first things you discover when you put an inspirational website online, is that a lot of people will write to you. ... Read more

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