ATOMS stands for "Aaron's 'Things of My Soul'". As such, this blog is a compilation of my spiritual thoughts and insights as I study the scriptures, pray in faith, and have daily experiences. These things are the symbolic atoms that make up my life, and are personal to me. With the belief that "there hath no temptation [or experience or trial or joy] taken [me], but such as is common to man" (1 Corinthians 10:13), I post them in the hope that they bless someone, somewhere, somehow. If it be one soul, my joy is full.

Please feel free to browse, to search, to comment, to correct false doctrine you find, and to let me know if they have been positively (or negatively) influential to you.

It is my prayer that we all sail the seas of life with happiness, and obtain the wonderful blessings that God has in store for us, including living with our righteous loved ones forever, the answers to every question in life, and eternal happiness.

My posts are not to be taken as the official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are a reflection of my progressive learning and growing into said doctrine, though.

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Reflections on Valentine's Day and True Love

A wise and educated friend asked me this question:

"So what have you learned about true love?"

I had never before thought to place my recent experiences into organized thoughts or compiled writings. Yet, my experiences are never to be forgotten.

She gave me ample time for silence and ponderation, as I reflected on said experiences. One could paint a picture of myself as Mister Thinker sitting in a comfortable chair.

I verbally expressed my thoughts and feelings in dot-point form, with silences filled with pondering between each point:
  • The giving and receiving of love varies between God, family, a girlfriend, etc.
  • True Love embraces the whole person for who he or she is - flaws, strengths and all.
  • Love looks for and aims toward nourishing the potential of the other.
  • Love involves being vulnerable to whatever the relationship brings.
  • Love is empathizing.
  • Love is the sharing of experiences, emotions, thoughts, fears, joys, and more, together.
  • Loving involves forgiveness in advance.
  • Love fosters wisdom and bridles passions.
  • Love lasts forever, including times of dark unknowns and lots of questions.
  • Love seeks the happiness of the other and finds happiness in theirs.
  • Love seeks to support the other in the achievement of the other's goals and dreams.
  • Love grows as it is given away.
  • Love understands and knows the Achilles' Heal of their loved one, and seeks to protect it.
  • Love keeps watching for times when the loved one's Plimsoll Mark is sinking below or approaching the water. They seek to correctly gauge when their beloved is becoming pressured, uncomfortable, stressed, or otherwise.
  • Love is the sharing of oneself totally. It is the holding on to each other and jumping into the pool together, not the dipping of feet in the water. It is the sharing of dreams, goals, wishes, fears, concerns, anxieties, loves, joys, passions – all that they are.
  • Love is filled with communication throigh words, affection, shared experience, discussion, understanding, empathy, kindness.
This is not all I believe, and it is not all that I will know and learn in life - I look forward to learning more and more about love.

May we all discover the magic and marvel of true love from God, from family, from relationships, and from ourselves.
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