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Mercnbeth -> RE: Interpretation Requested (3/21/2008 1:30:22 PM)
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Before you love,
Learn to walk through snow,
Leaving no footprints.
It speaks to being carried.
It says nothing of the partner however unless seen as a reference to self love or masturbation; love requires a relationship with another individual. While he/she carries you - you leave no footprints.
It could be a a reference to this:
quote:
One Night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you you'd walk with me all the way, but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
Source: http://mwillett.org/atheism/footsteps.htm
Edited to add:
Allowing someone to carry you requires you to trust them to do so without dropping and injuring you. "Snow" provides a reference to the potentially slippery path encounter by love. To love, to walk through snow without footprints, you're required to trust.
Of course - the verse is very one sided and doesn't speak to reciprocity or mutual action; but the request was for interpretation, not critique, so I won't speak to it's value in representing the concept of love.
How's that?
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