What are we willing to do for love?

Would you, as King, leave your throne to marry a woman who doesn't meet the royal expectations of your country?

Would you give up a glamorous career as a film star, to join your soul mate in a world that is so insulated, no one remembers one movie you've done?

Would you give up your parents, friends and siblings to go off with someone they consider undesirable?

If you had to choose between your parents and a love interest, who would win?

What kinds of sacrifices are reasonable when it comes to love?  Is there a limit on what you are willing to give up for your true love?

Share your thoughts before Thursday, February 27, 12 noon.

Which are you?

Civilization is made up of leaders, followers, inventors and peacemakers.  Which are you?  Give examples of the qualities you have that make you a leader, follower, inventor or peacemaker.  Four to five sentences.

Never give all the heart

Consider the poem below.  What is the author's attitude toward romantic love?  Do you agree with his position?  Please post before Wednesday, 12 noon.

Never give all the heart

  by W. B. Yeats

Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seem
Certain, and they never dream
That it fades out from kiss to kiss;
For everything that's lovely is
But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.
O never give the heart outright,
For they, for all smooth lips can say,
Have given their hearts up to the play.
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost,
For he gave all his heart and lost.