Love...

Love advice from the Jordy:

"I've had a lot of conversations that did not go as I would have liked... but only very few that I really regret having."
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"I have felt various levels of attachment to multiple females at once, before... I dunno about polygamy, though... I'm still looking for even one."
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"If you have good reason why God may be opposed to such a match-up... then your choice has already been made for you."
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"I suppose you could say that real love may make one do silly or preposterous things... but not unwise things."
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"You (hopefully?) have a very different road ahead of you than my own. :-)"
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"Wait until you find somebody that your heart and brain can agree on."
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All of those are things I've said, on different occasions. Some thoughts from wiser folk than I:

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - G.K. Chesterton

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained." - C.S. Lewis

"And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." - Genesis 29:20

"Open rebuke is better than secret love." - Proverbs 27:5

(This follows the Scripture not because it is greater but because this is long, and because it's, well, very apt.)

"Danny and I spent another late night over pancakes,
Talkin' 'bout soccer
And how every man's just the same.
We made speculation
On the who's and the when's of our futures -
And how everyone's lonely
But still we just couldn't complain.

And how we just hate being alone
Could I have missed my only chance
And now I'm just wasting my time
By looking around -
But you know I know better,
I'm not gonna worry 'bout nothing
Cause if the birds and the flowers survive
Then I'll make it okay.
Given a chance and a rock
see which one breaks a window
And see which one keeps me up all night and into the day.

Because I'm so scared of being alone
That I forget what house I live in -
It's not my job to wait by the phone
For her to call...

Well this day's been crazy
But everything's happened on schedule
from the rain and the cold
To the drink that I spilled on my shirt
'Cause You knew how You'd save me
before I fell dead in the garden
And You knew this day
long before You made me out of dirt.

You know the plans that You have for me
And You can't plan the end and not plan the means
And so I suppose I just need some peace
Just to get me to sleep."
- "Table for Two"