Saw The Young Victoria movie this evening and it was amazing! What a wonderful reminder that true grand romance can and should be alive and well in 2009 and beyond.
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria married because they were in love, had 9 children and ruled together for 20 years. Their story was simply beautiful to watch. He courted her with letters and occasional visits and they wrote each other for quite some time before deciding they simply couldn’t live without one another and got married.
Compare such grand exquisite romance to the nonsense that happens in modern dating rituals. How many couples just “hang out” without knowing the level of interest that actually exists. How much uncertainty and insecurity is involved in dating these days? I think he likes me.” “Is it o.k. to call him?” “He texted, what does that mean?” etc. etc. and, on and on and on the dramas go.
Where did the days go when a man was interested in a woman and she simply knew it by his actions? I hate to say this, but I think this may be one of the downsides of women’s lib and the free sexual experimentation of the 60’s. Hey, I am all for the equality in the workplace but I wonder if all our fighting to get to the boardroom left us sad and lonely in the bedroom. It seems the fine arts of chivalry, romance and grand love have all but disappeared.
Well, I say enough already and I for one am stopping it right now. Never again will I allow myself to become embroiled in a situation filled with lust, sexual desire and uncertainty that leads to confusion and too much time spent wondering where a relationship stands or is headed. Hey, I am all for the lust and the sexual desire part but coupled with grand romance, passion and clarity. It’s time for something new to emerge in this day and age – for we women to remember to value our feminity and for us to also value our men as the wonderful fabulous masculine creatures they are.
I’ve written about this before but true sexual union is a beautiful thing. The energy of the Creator flows down through the woman and she funnels it to her man during intercourse. He then is supposed to take this energy and go out into the world to create with it followed by returning his creations to his woman. The image of what it looks like is an infinity sign – the energy flowing back and forth between the two people. I am a firm believer that a man can only go so far in his career without the love of a woman behind him and supporting him along the way. And with this base of love, he will reach higher levels than those of which he ever dreamed.
So, this movie for me reminded me to hold steadfast and true to the ideals of grand romance and passion I came to this life to experience.

