First Date
Well, it might include a place of natural beauty and the holy trinity: crusty bread, fine wine, aged cheese.
Later on a perfect date might last for days, snowed in at a mountain cabin, chopping wood for a roaring fire, something savory cooking on the stone hearth, snuggling in to wait out the storm . . . hmmmmm . . . of course you smell good and are a great kisser ;-)!
I am your lover, come to my side,
I will open the gate to your love.
Come settle with me, let us be neighbors to the stars.
You have been hiding so long, endlessly drifting in the sea of my love.
Even so, you have always been connected to me.
Concealed, revealed, in the unknown, in the un-manifest.
I am life itself. You have been a prisoner of a little pond,
I am the ocean and its turbulent flood.
Come merge with me, leave this world of ignorance.
Be with me, I will open the gate to your love.
-- Rumi
Some favorite quotations:
=> Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. -Bob Marley
=> For an average man, the world is weird because if he's not bored with it, he's at odds with it. For a warrior, the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable. A warrior must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous time. -don Juan Matus
=> A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, & keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out & we can be completely & honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are & not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. Our soulmate is one who makes life come to life. -Richard Bach
=> If you attempt intimacy with another person before you have done the hard work of becoming whole yourself, all relationships become an attempt to complete yourself. -Leslie Perrot
=> Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy. -Anaïs Nin
=> Woman, in the picture language of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known. The hero is the one who comes to know. -Jos. Campbell
=> A lover has to be chosen from soul craving. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes
=> When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix
=> Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you. -Kahlil Gibran
=> There are only two ways to live your life . . . as though nothing is a miracle . . . as though everything is a miracle. -Einstein
=> In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. –-John Lennon
=> You do not really believe what you see. Instead, you actually see what you believe. So, if you do not like what you are seeing, examine your belief systems and make the necessary changes. -John Harricharan