December 19, 2001
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Le feu et l ' amour .
Samedi dernier dans l ' après - midi je décidais de brûler un tas de grandes plantes sèches au bout du potager . Je mis le feu avec un vieux journal et aussitôt j ' obtins de hautes flammes . Voici une bonne flambée , pensais - je , et tout devrait brûler rapidement . Je laissai le feu pour aller travailler ailleurs dans le jardin . Environ 10 minutes plus tard je regardais au feu . Il était éteint ! Seul le milieu du tas avait brûlé et il y avait une importante couronne de fragments végétaux , bouts de tiges , feuilles sèches , non brûlés . Je rassemblai tout cela au milieu et le feu repartit bien . Cette fois , tout va brûler , pensais - je . Eh ! non ! J ' eus à revenir pour rassembler encore les parties non brûlées et ajouter de nouvelles plantes sèches . A la fin je réussis .
Je ne sais pas pourquoi mais cela me fit penser à l ' amour . Au début c ' est une grande flamme . Mais rien n ' est jamais définitivement acquis . Il est nécessaire de prendre soin régulièrement de l ' amour comme du feu si on veut qu ' il brûle et flambe encore et toujours . D ' autres réflexions peuvent aussi être faites . Qu ' en pensez - vous ?
Fire and love .
On last Saturday in the afternoon I decided to burn a pile of high dry plants at the end of the vegetable garden . I set fire with an old newspaper and as soon as I had high flames . Here is a well blazing fire , I thought , and all quickly will be burnt . I left the fire and went to work elsewhere in the garden . About 10 minutes later I looked at the fire . It was died ! Only the middle of the pile had burnt and there was a big crown made with vegetable fragments , bits of stems , dry leaves , not burnt . I gathered all of them in the middle and the fire started again well . This time , all will be burning , I thought . Eh ! No ! I had to come back to gather again the not burnt parts and add new dry plants . At the end , I succeeded .
I don ' t know why but this made me think of love . At first it is a high flame . But anything is never defitively established . It is necessary to take care regularly of love like the fire to get it still and always burning and blazing . Other reflections can be made also . What do you think of that ?
Comments (11)
What a wise man you are, Michel. Thank you for that wonderful illustration. Yes, love has to be tended. Love isn't love, until you give it away. I give you mine, Dear Friend.
I wish more people were able to find the deepest feelings, wisest ideas, and great thoughts in the simple daily things... Life would be much more beautiful...
I think you are right!
Love,
Shy
What am amazing way to describe love. It was so perfectly illustrated, and so truthful. Love does take a lot of effort to continue. When ever the flame starts to dim, if it's true love, you must feed the fire, make a move to keep it alive. Though I am very in experienced with love, I do have my family, and I have to show my love to them. When we fight, I must find a way to forgive them and show them I still love them. Love can be found in many places, and in all of them you must do your part and keep it burning bright.
Again, you tought us a great lesson.
Such a wise man you are fauquet, my friend. I know this to be very true. That's why I understand about keeping the fire burning. Many men don't get this message until it's too late. Amazing how you can read so much from nature, if you really look close.
hi michel!
Nice to see that you saw the good side of it. But i think almost all our passions can be compared to the burning example. Good and Bad.
Hatred, for example, requires as much dedication - the fire has to be maintained and fed. And we know how destructive that kind of fire can be.
The other important thing to note is - like love, even hatred or any other negative emotion can be overcome if we overlook it, or distract ourselves from it.
May the fire of love burn, hmmm... and the fire of hatred and other negative passions die due to neglect.
regards,
sid.
Michel, you speak words of wisdom and so many read your blogs because they appreciate these thoughts. You are the philosopher of Xanga! I truly understand and agree with your example of love needing tended to burn brightly(sid's comment is also a good point). We shall miss your writings for a few days soon I think.. a trip to visit old friends I believe is soon.
I hope you have a wonderful time and wish Mike & I were going to be there. Blog again soon if you can, to tide us over until your return from the trip. 
love to you my new friend,
Deb
Bonjour Michel,
Trés interessante interpretation de l'amour.Mais il faut faire attention au pompiers.
Very good interpretation of love,but watch out for the firemen.
I love your weblogs especially this one.....I take french in school and I cant believe how much I actually understand....I also love what you right about.....
I think you are absolutely correct, and because you know this Im sure you have been in love.
Rebonjour! ouais, je suis revenu!
vos analyses de la flamme m'ont fait (ou bien, me firent, si on emploie le passé simple!) pensé à deux citations que j'ai lues récemment.
1- "cela est bien dit, mais il faut cultiver nôtre jardin" - les derniers mots de "candide", assez convenable, non? vous cultiviez le vôtre alors.
2- "l'amour est un oiseau que l'on ne peut pas apprivoiser." - carmen. la flamme est aussi dificile d'apprivoiser que l'amour.
mais vous avez surtout raison.. il faut soigner l'amour. ajouter des journaux, ou la flamme meure.
mais enfin, suis-je le seul lecteur de vôtre qui vous écrit en français?
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