Writers' Community!
Home Page Two Columnists Q&A Submit an Article FAQs Contact Author Login
Sponsors
Article Submission
We Need YOUR Articles!
We'll Promote Them for FREE!

Author Login

New Authors
Register Here


Now Serving 7,779 Authors
70,478 Quality Articles
& 7,539 Current Users Online!
Featured Authors
Bruce Horst (142)
Joel Hendon (16,285)
Michael Ramzy (633)
E. Raymond Rock (3,068)
Ira Coffin (6,669)
Connor Davidson (5,131)
Ben Morrish (7,936)
Steve Kovacs (4,545)
Sandra E. Graham (7,883)
Fran Larson (2,271)
Shari Vaudo (418)
David Tanguay (9,577)
Missing Link (766)
Gregory Lewis (1,603)

View All Featured Authors
Most Recent
Should I Quit Him?

What is The True Meaning Of Love?

A Successful Marriage is Your Responsibility

Create Your Own Standard of Beauty

Handling Anger Issues in a Way That's Healthy For Your Relationship

Two Warning Signs Your Marriage May Be Heading for Divorce Court

Poor Marital Communication May Lead to Future Health Problems

Warning Signs That Your Marriage May Be Suffering Because of a Mid-life Crisis

Tips to Help Improve Your Marital Communication Skills

11 Warning Signs That You or Your Spouse May Be Falling Out of Love

Home » Categories » Personal » Love & Romance » VD= Valentines Day? Venereal Disease? » Reprint Rights » Printer Friendly

Jeff Brown

VD= Valentines Day? Venereal Disease?

Rated 4 out of 5
No Reader Ratings Available ?
Rate It  /  View Comments  /  View All Articles submitted by Jeff Brown
Submitted Saturday, February 16, 2008
Jeff Brown (9,928)
Jeff Brown

Inner Projection
Log in to become a member of Jeff Brown's Fan Club!


What's love got to do, got to do with it?

I've had the blues,
the reds and the pinks,
One things for sure,
Love stinks  

Love hurts, 
Love scars,
Love wounds and mares any heart,
Not tough nor strong enough to take a lot of pain,
Take a lot of pain,
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain, 
Love hurts 

OK, so you can certainly get hurt by love and these lyrics show it, but what kind of love are they talking about? More importantly, since there are a greater number of love-gone-right than love-gone-wrong songs, what kind of love are they talking about?

There ain't no mountain high enough
ain't no valley low enough
ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you, babe

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Boy, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby

It's all... It's all... It's all...
You're my sunshine after the rain
You're the cure against my fear and my pain
'Cause I'm losing my mind
When you're not around
It's all... It's all...
It's all because of you

And let's not forget "I'll love you until the mountains tumble into the seas," "My love is like a hurricane," "I'll love you longer than the sun shines; My love's deeper than the deep blue seas," ad infinitum.

But what is this "love"? And what does love have to do with it?

Regarding the love-gone-right lyrics--the majority of songs out there (unless you listen to country music)--what is this "love" being spoken to? Is it love? or is it early relationship by-the-dashboard-light love? If you look at the lyrics, there's very rarely if ever any mention of kids, trials and tribulations, in-sickness-and-health-until-death-do-we-part stuff.
 
What they should be singing about is a a grovey kinda love, love that lasts! Here's my contribution to love songs, but mine's about long-lasting love--thirty, forty, fifty years, and more--eternity?

(sing this with your best coutrified twaaaaang)

It's been twenty years and forty pounds
Along the way I've stumbled and I've fallen
Once I tired and even tried to feed you to the gators
Now the mortgage's late
Even lost my job and all my friends
But who needs 'em anyways when you are by my side?
Love is not a sprint but a mushy-kinda-marathon glide

OK, there ya go. But there's more to the picture, ain't there?

According to one wise person, it's not about getting our needs met at all, it's about looking constantly, continuously to the needs of our spouse, the kids, our "others". Of course, you may give in such a manor without the spouse reciprocating, and there's nothing you can do about that. But the wise man I know said that if we both gave in such a fashion as mentioned about, thinking about the needs of the other(s) continuously above and beyond our own needs, that the divorce rate would drop form 50% down to around almost nothin'. Well, wouldn't that be nice? 

What's love got to do with it? Well, quite a lot, Mr.and Mrs. America, quite a lot.

Love on Wayne, Love on Garth.

Peace out to you and yours.

Jeff is CEO of  InnerProjection.com: working with students and parents using the proprietary Success, Design and Preparation system creating a plan to ensure being of the 30% of college grads who don't waste 10 to 15 years or leave 100s of thousands of dollars on the table.

Previous to owning Inner Projection, Jeff worked as a computer programmer and in tech. support, but hated it enough to move from his home in Connecticut to do stand up comedy in Boston where he worked with such comics as Bill Burr, Dan Cook, and Billy Martin and wrote for people like Mz. Michagan who needed material for her ventriloquism act. He then moved to Los Angeles to do more stand up, but found being a college professor more fulfilling. He's married with 3 children.

Looking for a fast paced, fun, inspirational read?: Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe (Amazon.com).

 




The author of this article has chosen to make this article available with free reprint rights.
Click here to copy this article.

Reprint Rights

Log in to become a member of Jeff Brown's Fan Club!

Comments on this article:


» left by Teresa Ortiz (11,765)
Teresa Ortiz
(1 year 240 days ago.)

Reader Rating: 5 out of 5
Very clever and well done, Jeff. It's the love by the dashboard light that brings the on the VD that flowers and chocolates will not satify. Long love real love. Blessings to you and yours, Teresa
Respond to this comment
» left by Jeff Brown (9,170)
Jeff Brown
(1 year 240 days ago.)

Teresa,

You got it! Smart and kind hearted. Good combination.
Respond to this comment

» left by Susan Thom (11,759)
Susan Thom
(1 year 240 days ago.)

Reader Rating: 5 out of 5
hi jeff,
I like your article. so many truths.
nicely done. thanks for sharing,
sue
Respond to this comment
» left by Jeff Brown (9,170)
Jeff Brown
(1 year 240 days ago.)

Susan,
Truths with humor. Sorry, it's just difficult for me to be serious ALL the time. Got to let the muse out of the bag once in a while or the screams from the stiffling wake up my wife and kids. Thanks for the kudos.

Respond to this comment

Was this article helpful to you? Leave a Public Comment or Question:

This Article has been viewed 149 times.
Article added to SearchWarp.com on 2/16/2008 4:16:31 PM.
View other articles written by Jeff Brown (9,928)
Jeff Brown


If you found this article interesting, you may want to check out:

Disclaimer:  All information on this site is provided for informational purposes only! By no means is any information presented herein intended to substitute for the advice provided to you by any health care or other professional or organization.


Today's Most Popular
Getting Your Ex-Girlfriend Back - 5 Steps to Success

Will Your Ex Come Back Or Contact You Again If You Use No Contact?

Your Ex Wants To Be Friends But You Want More - How Do You Get Your Ex Back?

The 10 Biggest Sex Turn-Ons For Men

20 Trouble Signs - You Love Him Or Her More Than He Or She Loves You

Learn How to Talk Dirty - 5 Tips

World's Worst and Best Lovers (Men By Country Of Origin)

Should You Dump A Commitment Phobe? Not Before You Read This

“I Love You” - How Soon Is Too Soon?

Rape Fantasies, Violent Sex Fantasies - Is She Asking For It?

Viewed from Cache. Load Time: 0.047.

Home  |  Page Two  |  FAQ's  |  Contact  |  Terms of Service  |  Article Submission Guidelines  |  Questions & Answers  |  Privacy  |  Mission / About
Copyright © 1999-2009 SearchWarp.com, All Rights Reserved - SearchWarp.com is an IcoLogic, Inc. Company