Pulling Closer

It's a lovely day. And yet, inside my house, there is kind of displaced spirit. Not one that you'd want for a Sabbath day. So to combat it, I'm listening to hymns on the Ipod, and I think I'm going to go on a walk soon. I just want to hold onto this wonderful spirit I've had visiting me the past little while.
I've been reading this book Words and Wisdom of Women by Charlotte K. LeBaron, incidentally Martene's grandmother. A wonderful lady, I was able to meet her while down there for the wedding, and while looking over the library our house up here has, I discovered this book among the rest. A compliation of quotes from different sources, including the Bible, Founding Fathers and their wives, and many contemporary and classic authors and poets, it has been a very enjoyable read, I'd recommend it to anyone with a taste for quotes.
Some of my favorites include:

"Listening is a primitive act of love in which a person gives himself to another's word, making himself accessible and vulnerable to that word" ~William Stringfellow

"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you will become very happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher- and that is good for every man" ~ Socrates

"Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion" ~ Leigh Hunt

This, is one of my most favorites;
"The perfect marriage must be a perfect blend of the spiritual, the physical, the social, and the intellectual... We are souls living in bodies. Therefore, when we really fall in love, it isn't just a physical attraction. If it's just that, it won't last. Ideally, it's also a spiritual attraction. God has opened our eyes and let us see into someone's soul. We have fallen in love with the inner person, the person who's going to live forever. That is why God is the greatest asset to romance. He thought it up in the first place. Include Him in every part of your marriage, and he will lift it above the level of the mundane to something rare and beautiful and lasting" ~Peter Marshall

I completely agree. I just thought I'd share these, and the outside is calling to me too much. Time to go play in the sunshine!

Fireflies and Love Letters

Haha, you know what I was just thinking about? Those times at work when we'd have just about nothing to do so I'd write love letters. They were pretty amazing. My friend Tyler and I would exchange them. I love that boy so much, he always knew the perfect thing to say or do to just make you feel like you were on top of the world. Funny thing is, he did it to every girl so you knew that that was just the way he was. And yet, it worked anyway, every time. I miss him. He's serving a mission in Korea right now and it's been a while since I've heard from him. I need to write him another love letter. Just for old times sake.
Haha, it even got to the point where we had one of the other employee's totally convinced we were eloping to Vegas anytime. It super confused her though because she knew that I'd had this thing for another guy at the time and she didn't understand what had happened to him. Nothing had, the letters were just play. I guess maybe that's one of the reasons I always thought guys and girls can just be friends and have it work. Because I knew a unique group of guys, where that really was the case. We were just friends, really good friends, and that's all there was to it.
There is a song that says
"So we treat our love like a firefly
Like it only gets to shine for a little while
Catch it in a mason jar
With holes in the top
And run like hell to show it off"
It used to drive me absolutely batty. I really did not care for the song at all. But now, I was listening to it yesterday, and I realized, that the strong aversion I had once is gone. Because now I know what it feels like to need to 'treat your love like a firefly' and I can relate to the song. Whereas before, I didn't get it, now I do.