Pygmalion

for from the first time I knew you I knew you were God’s and not mine, and that I would experience you more fully if I let God’s blessing and not my own scenario for your life shine in and through you. How could I be disappointed in you?” This is high-quality love. It is actual love. The real deal. When someone professes love for you, make sure it’s you they are taking about, and not some feeling or idea that they have affixed to. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. I know love sonnets are not what REAL LIFE is, LOVE mythology like Echo and Narcissist but what a contrast to what we experienced with our Narcissist. I think love can be shared by two people like the above, SMILES, AND TEARS OF MY LIFE we are there for each other through good and bad we put everything on the table, our faults, our trust, our inadequacies, shortcomings, we learn to sort out our differences, we share mutual respect for each other, sometimes even in normal relationships it can fail but one thing is for sure we will never never come close to the above with a psychopath/narcissist mine would never stand by me through the tears in my life, he caused them, abandoned me then ran away. I love myself now and that took a long long time for me to reach that point, I dont think I ever loved myself all my life until this experience, I saw all that I gave him and even though he rejected me, I thought it was pretty amazing as I look back at myself and remember the love I am capable of giving to another person, someday I hope I can do that again, but next time around he will be a healthy person.