On 2004/06/05, at 15:05, Scribe1865@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 6/4/2004 11:48:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > mccreery@xxxxxxx writes: > Is true love possible in this kind of society? Maybe not, if true love > requires the kind of commitment that survives disappointments, spats, > real crises (that old "for better or worse" thing) instead of the get, > enjoy the temporary buzz, kvetch, forget and move on that consumerism > encourages. > (First stanza of "Her Anxiety" -Yeats) > Earth in beauty dressed > Awaits returning spring. > All true love must die, > Alter at the best > Into some lesser thing. > Prove that I lie. > > Proof I cannot offer. But as mere anecdotal evidence I could cite my parents, who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary still madly in love (I have photographs to prove it). I might also mention my own marriage. Ruth and I celebrated our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary last week. While we often get on each other's nerves and our spats do sometimes escalate alarmingly, we are, at the end of the day, remarkably happy together. Business partners, political allies, lovers and best friends, we share cats, a garden, deep affection and concern for our daughter, delight in good food and good wine. And no one else will ever share all that we have done and been together for all these years. John L. McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama, Japan 220-0006 Tel 81-45-314-9324 Email mccreery@xxxxxxx "Making Symbols is Our Business" ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html