Documenting Proofs of Love
"There is no love; there are only proofs of love." Pierre Reverdy
One of the great joys in my
i love you, too
journey is seeing proofs of love all around me. What began as an opportunity to share the
i love you, too
sign and play with the possibility of sharing our
i love you, too
stories has evolved into a lifestyle of
Get Love. Give Love.
When I launched the LoveYou2.org website in November 2010, I committed to myself that I would
(work on it, however you see things) for one year, completely unattached to the outcome but dedicated to following the whims of my heart and with a promise to have fun and embrace any fears I encountered. Little did I know how much fun I would have and the variety of love that would materialize. Love is a theme for my hours and days and weeks.
Inspired by the above Pierre Reverdy quote in Gretchen Rubin's
& her Happiness Project goal to give proofs of love, I recognized I was on a journey
around me. Some of these proofs of love were
I left for specific
or
. In fact, I think I spent an entire month posting daily love notes for different people in my life. I had so much fun dreaming up who would be next, where I would post their sign, what secret message I might weave into the text. My commitment to the
i love you, too
journey gave me the excuse to be bolder, to look for the love in my life and then document it.
I then began seeing proofs of love and messages of love in
, nature,
and poetry,
, really
. I posted some of these proofs of love on my
Get Love. Give Love.
blog and started to document other proofs through status updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Of course as I start giving more proofs of love and being aware of love all around me, I start receiving more proofs of love like this anonymous
, suggestions from my
, emails from
brief conversations with
,
and recognizing truly profound gifts of love from dear ones in my life.
I'm curating a virtual journal of proofs of love, it seems. What a concept. I want that job! What fun to be the curator of proofs of love in life.
Today's proof of love is arriving home from working and finding a vegetarian dinner in my refrigerator cooked up and left for me by my carnivore loving friend. Along with this darling love note: Dinner is served. Now that is a proof of serious love.