Love Letter
“love” is probably the most common topic we have been discussed on a daily basis. You might have a different opinion, but, after realizing the number of audience were chasing the final result of a famous TV series (犀利人妻) last week, then my point should easily obtain your attention.
No matter what your current romantic relationship is, either love someone, been loved, or pursuit an individual that you should not, anyway, you all have my blessing. However, I believe you all had an opportunity to write love letters, in addressing how you feel to the one you are fallen love with. (maybe you are doing that as we speak.)
Nevertheless, have you had a chance putting your heart to the one(s) you had written before, to find out the wording being described under certain circumstances? And do you still remember what that would be? In addition, have you had a chance to read other people’s love letter, to see how they express their feelings? Via the web link of http://www.links2love.com/love_letters_4.htm, I was lucky enough to find out Beethoven’s love letter. If you are available, take a look it. We all have been enjoying his music, but, could we learn from his words?
Good luck to you, may God bless you all.
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Beethoven to His Immortal Beloved
Letter 1
July 6, in the morning
My angel, my all, my very self -
Only a few words today and at that with pencil (with yours) - Not till tomorrow will my lodgings be definitely determined upon - what a useless waste of time -
Why this deep sorrow when necessity speaks - can our love endure except through sacrifices, through not demanding everything from one another; can you change the fact that you are not wholly mine, I not wholly thine -
Oh God, look out into the beauties of nature and comfort your heart with that which must be -
Love demands everything and that very justly - thus it is to me with you, and to you with me.
But you forget so easily that I must live for me and for you; if we were wholly united you would feel the pain of it as little as I -
My journey was a fearful one; I did not reach here until 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Lacking horses the post-coach chose another route, but what an awful one; at the stage before the last I was warned not to travel at night; I was made fearful of a forest, but that only made me the more eager - and I was wrong.
The coach must needs break down on the wretched road, a bottomless mud road.
Without such postilions as I had with me I should have remained stuck in the road.
Esterhazy, traveling the usual road here, had the same fate with eight horses that I had with four - Yet I got some pleasure out of it, as I always do when I successfully overcome difficulties -
Now a quick change to things internal from things external.
We shall surely see each other soon; moreover, today I cannot share with you the thoughts I have had during these last few days touching my own life -
If our hearts were always close together, I would have none of these.
My heart is full of so many things to say to you - ah - there are moments when I feel that speech amounts to nothing at all -
Cheer up - remain my true, my only treasure, my all as I am yours.
The gods must send us the rest, what for us must and shall be -
Your faithful LUDWIG
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