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Is Love a Fancy or a Feeling? Happy Valentine’s Day

by Tazim Damji

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Today is Valentine’s Day and, on the surface, it may look like I have a lot less love in my life this year than I have in the past. I guess it depends on how you look at things though. In so many ways, I am more hopeful than I have ever been—good things are in my future, I can just feel it. I’ve been thinking a lot about love, naturally, wondering if love is a fancy or a feeling? I think it is both. What about you?

Sometimes, when so much negativity, debt, stress and all that other bad stuff gets in my life, it’s easy to get in a bad place, mentally. Practicality and ‘should’ gets in the way of dreaming, doing what I want to do and thinking positively about future possibilities.

I was listening to The Band Perry song “If I Die Young,” thinking about how I used to view the world years ago. I was much more romantic, dreamy and hopeful. In the video for the song, Kimberly (the lead singer), is put in to a canoe by her brothers. The  imagined scene, many times depicted, is based on the Tennyson poem The Lady of Shalott.

Is love a fancy or a feeling

One of my favourite artists, John William Waterhouse created several paintings with the Lady of Shalott depicted:

William Waterhouse Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott (1888) by John William Waterhouse

More of everything

I am not one to stop at small goals or dreams — when I dream, I dream big. This year, I’m working on adding more of everything to my life. Well, more of everything positive. Sadness and disappointment was the theme for last year. I have always talked, abstractly, about dreams for the future. There were always so many things in the way of achieving those dreams, though. I was in university and student-poor for longer than I’d like to think about, then moved to Calgary and back again (which cost me a lot of money and many important relationships), but I’m in Vancouver, where I think I belong, again.

Lady of Shallot Love a fancy or a feeling Valentine's Day post

Anne of Green Gables movie screen grab

 

Is love a fancy or a feeling? No.
It is immortal as immaculate Truth,
‘Tis not a blossom shed as soon as youth,
Drops from the stem of life—for it will grow,
In barren regions, where no waters flow,
Nor rays of promise cheats the pensive gloom.
A darkling fire, faint hovering o’er a tomb,
That but itself and darkness nought doth show,
It is my love’s being yet it cannot die,
Nor will it change, though all be changed beside;
Though fairest beauty be no longer fair,
Though vows be false, and faith itself deny,
Though sharp enjoyment be a suicide,
And hope a spectre in a ruin bare.

–Sonnet VII by Hartley Coleridge

When it comes to love, are you practical or romantic? Or, perhaps, a bit of both?

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About Tazim Damji

Tazim Damji is a permaculture gardener and certified holistic nutritionist from Vancouver, Canada. She is passionate about photography, vegan food, and gardening. Read more posts by Tazim. Visit her food and adventure blog Celebrate Life's Adventures Connect with Tazim via Twitter or on Facebook .

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  1. @elenka29 says

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    Such a beautiful post – Thank You

  2. emily says

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    I really think 2013 is going to be a great year for you. You're so focused and positive about everything. I'm excited for the changes ahead for you and can't wait to see how things turn out!

    My recent post Cleaning Tips on Home Made Simple

    • tazimd says

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      Thanks Emily, that's so kind of you to say! I'm excited, too – no point dwelling on the past.

  3. sharylove says

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    I'm pretty practical when it comes to love, but I also enjoy romanticism sometimes. It really depends on the situation.
    My recent post Midwife came today, plus a video of my baby belly.

  4. thefrugalette says

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    So funny, I have a really good feeling for you too. On to bigger and better! I used to be living in a romantic fantasy until I realized what real love is, hard work! It's being there when the going gets rough and still smiling through it. 🙂

    • tazimd says

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      Thanks Isra! I really appreciate it. 🙂 It's so true that love and friendship really are work – but some relationships are worth fighting for, no matter what.

  5. @mryjhnsn says

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    Such a wonderfully uplifting post on love. Just beautiful.
    My recent post Oh, for the Love of Pinterest! Tops Pins Issue 3

  6. Darcy says

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    A bit of both, I'd say. I agree with Emily and Isra. I think you have a lot of good things coming your way this year.
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