Having experienced real love in one's life is worth the pain of losing it, compared to never having experienced such love in the first place. YES, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL. Love is such an important experience that even the pain of losing someone we love is better than not having loved that person. I know it hurts when we lost someone we do love but it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved that person at all.

 I have learned that we are born alone and we die alone. Only through our love and friendship we can create the illusion for the moment that we are not alone. Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Love is not something we find; it is something that finds us.

Life is like a flower for which love is the honey. True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen. True love does not make the world go 'round. But it is what makes the ride worthwhile. It is a pleasant ride to love and be loved and to feel the sun from both sides. True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

By Tim Pedrosa

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross