Romances

Have you ever felt sensations creeping up your spine?

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Romances

What does it to be romantically involved 
Does it mean you are in a relationship with a person?

I want to counter that
It’s not!
It’s a relationship with yourself 
As you get to know the depth 

The length breadth and depth of emotions 
And feelings you can experience 
All happening in you alone
Isn’t it?

Do you need to experience yourself 
By coming into contact with another person? 
Why is that? 
What can happen inside of you when you think about this person 
Isn’t that the cause for the word romance? 

Can you be romantically involved them 
With things?
Like a flower 
A river 
The ocean?

Don’t they also cause reactions inside of you 
That you experience when you get to meet them?
Have you encountered visceral reactions within yourself like that 

When you met somebody or something you have never met before?
Let me explain—

I encountered one such reaction 
When I visited New Hampshire for the first time 
I was suddenly standing in front of this huge hill
It felt like a mountain 
Enormous it was
Majestic was the word I felt in that instant 
Looming into outer space 
Right from the opposite of the lake edge from where I was standing 

We had gone there to see fall colors 
Which in itself was making me fall in love with every leaf on the road
But when I encountered this mountain 
And had to bend my neck back 
Away from me
In order to take in the entirety of it
In that instant 
I had a romantic reaction with
God! 

It felt like I had just witnessed 
The majestic mountain 
That was just one tiny encounter 
With God’s creation! 
Visceral 
I marveled 
Appreciated 
Awestruck in wonder 
As I drew in the entire sight 
Romance 
Was there a better word for it?

But that was only the first time 
Slowly and surely I encountered 
Many other such natural wonders 
Have you been to the Yosemite national park on a snowy occasion?

Another visceral reaction I encountered 
As I stepped out from my car 
To look at the snow-capped mountains 
It felt like I had just reached heaven!
And there I witnessed the half dome
Sitting among the clouds!
Oh my! 
What an experience it was!
I can feel the sensations 
Creeping up on me right now!

Slowly then it dawned on me 
Not just mountain caps 
But ponds and lakes 
Fishes and birds 
Even butterflies seem at the right time 
When the sun is behind the clouds 
And you can see the beautiful orange 
As it flies by!

Even buttercups on a spring morning 
When the sun was hidden behind the clouds 
They can make for such a reaction in you!
Think about hyacinths and water lilies 
And the black bird with the red neck
It’s velvety fur when you come closer to it!
Have you seen doves? 
The pure white kind?

When you witness fishes jump out of water 
For the very first time 
On a board walk at night 
When the silvery fishes look stunning against the moonlight!

Think about encountering a bird 
Sitting atop a tiny rock 
Waiting patiently to catch one 
And you waited with it 
Until you finally witnessed that as well! 

In your backyard 
When you encounter a hawk 
A blue jay 
A red bird 
A blue heron!

Or even a night heron 
That perches itself on a neighbors tree
And keeps watching you 
As you go up and down your driveway 
Talking to a friend from long ago 
Having a deep and interesting conversation 
For twenty complete minutes in silence 
As you go this side and that 
As if she wants you to know 
That she’s sitting there 
Just waiting for you to notice her
And enjoy her beauty 
And never ever forget 
What she did to you at that moment!

Have you encountered that in your life?
Are you romantically involved?
How does it feel like?
Has it produced any sensations yet in your body?

Any reactions, responses?
As you encounter the creation 
Of the greatest creator 
Who isn’t man?

How has it changed you? 
Has it made a difference in your life?

Think about this!
Peace ✌🏽 

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