TRIUMPH OF SPIRIT IN LOVE, NATURE & ART

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

“LOVE IS THE DIVINE POWER OF ATTRACTION IN CREATION THAT HARMONIZES, UNITES, BINDS TOGETHER

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA 

To Thomas:

Slowly creeping towards our fourth decade together.  Will we make it?  Love grows deeper against a background of eventual, inevitable loss.  A loss more unimaginable than one’s own demise.  

I look deeply into your eyes, my eyes linger, falling into your blue orbs, while you, in turn,  delight in my gaze, going far beyond the polite looks people use in everyday  conversations.  We pause too long.  I fall into the abyss of your sky blues and feel reverence.  Reverence for your happy spirit, infectious mood.  Reverence for the God I see in you.

It is not the Eros of our first decade that has morphed into something much deeper.  Attraction, yes, but of a different nature.  Attraction of the heart, the soul, the spirit.  We bring each other to pure joy, bliss, a sharing of spirit.  We give each other a taste of Oneness with all.   Meditation has become our love-making.   Nature has become our Temple. This life has become suddenly the blink of an eye.

29 responses

  1. A beautiful message that highlights how true love requires courage and determination, even when the path is uncertain.

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

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    February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM

    • Thank you so very much, Lincol, for your most astute and understanding comment. It is much appreciated! And a happy Valentines day to you, too! ❣️

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      February 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM

  2. A very beautiful, profound, and reflective share, dear Ellen. Touched deeply by your words that invoke and blend spirit with love in a earthly and heanvenly way. Thank you for this precious piece! Much enjoyed! Light, love, and blessings your way, my friend, today and always! ✨💖🙏

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    February 14, 2026 at 2:33 AM

    • Thank you so very much, Susana! So glad my post “spoke” to you!! Love and light to you especially today, Susana! ❤️🙏🏽🫶👐

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      February 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM

  3. Happy Valentines Day, Ellen!

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    February 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM

  4. Your final sentence speaks volumes, Ellen. I wish you and your True Love of almost forty years a Happy Valentine’s Day. 🙂

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    February 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM

  5. What a beautiful way to express your love for your husband, for the life you two have shared, for the hope of what is to come. I appreciate your vulnerability.

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    February 14, 2026 at 1:50 PM

  6. Lovely, Ellen.

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    February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

  7. Beautiful, Ellen. So touching.

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    February 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM

  8. So touching and poetic! It’s wonderful that I feel like saying such things. I wish that all periods of love would evoke similar feelings and emotions. Thank you, Ellen, for inspiring me to reflect on my feelings.

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    February 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM

  9. Beautiful Ellen, the kind of love that all of humanity should strive for and appreciate when we find it. Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️

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    February 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM

    • Thank you, Julie, hope you had a good Valentines day. To be totally honest… we have our bad moments, too, but I guess that is the human condition. I wish it weren’t so but it is. Anyhow, thank you for your lovely comment.

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      February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM

  10. Profound words about Love and how Love touches and transforms us and our beloved. Thank you for sharing these words, Ellen and hope you and your husband shared a beautiful Valentine’s Day together.

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    February 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM

    • Thank you so much, Dee! Hope you were better for Valentines day and could share it with Rich but afraid you’re still in jet lag. Feel better! ❤️

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      February 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM

  11. Just beautiful!

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    February 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM

  12. late to comment but a lovely new take on love! xox

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    March 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM