Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The reality of love

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          Love exists throughout the year and throughout our lives.  The truth is love is a lot more complicated than it seems.  Love, as it turns out, doesn’t mean that you never get mad with the person, or that they constantly and consistently fulfill your need for love.

          You can get terribly angry with someone you love dearly and many times, people just get caught up in the bubble of their individual lives that they forget about the needs of the people they share their lives with.

          Love in itself can only do so much.  A lot more depends on an awareness of the skills and tools we need to overcome the curve balls thrown to us in our lives.  Love is the magic that blinds us together.  The singular X factor that we can’t quite define as we stay tied to people throughout our lives.

          Love, passion, and attraction are all very different emotions.  Someone who may cause you to have those butterflies in your stomach may not be the love of your life.

          Mostly, love is something we learn from others.  The measure of joy, kindness, empathy and gentleness we receive from the people we love generally out weights any negatives emotions associated with a long-term relationship.

          Love is something we teach others as well.  Children’s idea of what love looks and smell like tends to revolve around the expressions of love in their everyday lives.  Little random acts of kindness count a lot.  In fact, probably even more, than the big gestures of love.  Love is anchored in something a lot more practical and pragmatic.

          The reality of love is that it’s practiced, felt and manifested each and every day not-so-positive moments of our lives.  After all, life is not a bed of roses.  Thorny issues will crop up in any given relationship we’re in.

          There are more people in your life who love you.  It’s worth reminding yourself of that, and not gets bogged down by sadness and loneliness.  What remain in our life are our individual ideas of love and the people we practice it with.  That will endure till the end of days.


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Sheila Stanley
The Meaning of Love Different Spin

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