You Can't Stop Love

You can’t stop love

You can try, oh man, you can try
You can beat it down, call it a liar
Dig a big hole and throw it in,
Pile dirt high on top, burn it up in a fire
But you can’t stop love

I’ve tried, you’ve tried
It is just not possible.
Love is strong, as strong as death
It will seek you out, find where you are hiding
You just can’t stop love

Love has many forms
I see it in my parents, married for fifty years,
I see it in my own life, through trials and tears
I see it in my friends who are weathering storms
The look of love is in my child’s eyes, pure and warm
You can’t stop love

-Beverly R. Whitaker

Life is funny. I have seen first hand how strong love is, how much one heart can feel for another and not rest until that love is fulfilled. I have been privileged to have lived a couple of love stories in my time. One grew over a short period of time, ended, only then many years later, to resurface in the form of friendship and the second great love of my life is drifting close to seventeen years of happily ever after. I have longed for the love of a sweet child, the feel of tiny arms around my neck and cries quieted when they heard my voice. God heard my prayers and sent a sweet angel into our home for both my hubby and I to love. I have seen love, its ebb and flow in my life, my family and my friends’ lives.

It is not Valentine’s Day, there is no significance to this post, other than lately I have been able to sit and marvel at the ways and means that love can take to find its way. The twists in the road, all seem to make it more interesting. It seems sad that we only spend one day a year focusing on love and ways to show our love. We should do it everyday. We should tell those we love, that we love them – everyday. There should be no question marks where love is concerned. Find someone you love today, and tell them you love them. You can’t stop love, and really, who wants to try to anyway?

Living Happily Ever After,
Beverly