When I took this picture I was feeling all sorts of emotions that I thought humanly impossible to feel at the same time. Anger, sadness, loneliness, helplessness, confusion, but still happy. Allow me to give some background before I plunge into this topic. This was in Kyoto during Golden Week. Golden Week is this week long holiday; usually Japanese people take this time to travel to other parts of the country or the world. The moment before I took this picture I remember eating some taco(octopus) on a stick while sitting under this gazebo with Japanese tourists and an overflowing trashcan to my left. Hungry and exhausted from walking throughout much of Kyoto I devoured the octopus on the stick. Then this couple walked by and I couldn't help but stare. While I still had the chance I took a couple of pictures. And the strangest feeling washed over my body. As I watched them walk away towards the gardens that mash of emotions condensed into one-contentment. It was if their love crept into the inner dwellings of my soul and soothed my frustrated mind and pained heart. Wiped the tears from my eyes and told me not to worry. At that moment I knew I would be alright. I could handle whatever pain as long as I remembered love. Now, this is no easy feat. Remembering the love within our souls takes strength to tap into it and that scares me to handle such an emotion. But remembering love is what helped me to forgive them...and myself. I prayed. God let their be everlasting. When times that they might forget, help them to remember this day. A day when so many stopped in awe because of their radiant love. Dear God, I pray for myself, that I may know a love as strong as theirs and share it with the world.
Now I don't know how the couple is doing, but I do know that God give me a wonderful gift. Rather, I realized I had it along. I have known great love and I have shared it. I have not been in love. I hope it will happen one day. I love my family and my friends. On this trip I have made some friendships where all we do is remember love. God, I pray we always remember.
I wanted to go in a different direction with this post, lay out all my frustrations and confront demons, but I will keep this short. My demons are my own to battle. After many things have happened this is all I want to say about love...
My hope for you and all my friends is that you get to know love.
All forms of love and let it be a strong force within you.
When someone hurts you, remember love. Forgive.
When you hurt, remember love. Ask for forgiveness.
No one is always good. Mistakes will be made.
But remember my friend love. Forgive
Remember love in loneliness
Know that when you are through with all the others you screwed over and they've left you. Know that I did love you. Not so alone as you thought.
Reach for my spirit. I'll feel your need. I'll be your friend once more.
Remember love in your loneliness.
Remember love in happiness.
As we pass this bottle around exchanging dreams.
Drinking each moment, letting it burn/tingle down our throats
Cry every pain from laughter
Hold me till we fall asleep
Remember love in our happiness.
I remember how our happiness made us know love.
Get to know love.
That is my hope for you.
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