To be quite honest, I don't know exactly what it is. This is one of those topics that is totally subjective. Everyone in the world has their own idea of what it is, or better yet, what they think it SHOULD be. I definitely think that true love is one of those things that spans the space of time. It's never-ending. No matter how much time passes, the feelings are still the same. You'll ALWAYS love that person. I think we have all experienced true love in some forms. There are people that I'm not with, that I have loved in the past, I love them now, and I will always love them. If love is REAL, it's not possible for it to go away. You may move on from the relationship, may never be with them again, but that love...it remains. It might not even be the same intensity of love it once was, but does that make it any less real or TRUE? I maintain that it doesn't.
I also think that true love doesn't have to be about a form of romantic love. I believe true love can come in many forms. Love between romantic lovers, the unconditional love of a parent for a child, or child for its parent...the love between best friends. Of course I know when most people think of true love, it's in the romantic form.
I think it's that kind of feeling like you're not even on the ground...like your head is always in the clouds. You can't concentrate on anything but the way you feel about that person. If you're talking to them on the phone, you never want to hang up. It's not uncommon to wake up with the phone in your hand and your battery is dead because you fell asleep talking to each other. The thought of being away from them for even one second makes you feel ill. When they leave you, you feel incomplete until they're at your side again.
When you close your eyes, the first thing you see is their face. You find the smallest things to be the most beautiful and the most important. The way the corner of his eyes wrinkle up when he smiles...the smile itself. To you, there's nothing better than seeing a smile on their face. You trade your soul to the devil to always keep that feeling you have when you're with them. It's better and more powerful than any drug. You could be in a crowd of people, but for you. you're the only two people in the world.
It's waking up every morning with the intention of making each day the most memorable day for each of you. It's keeping romance alive between the two of you and never letting things get stale. It's being able to fall in love again and again with the same person for the simplest of reasons. It's knowing that nothing in life is ever perfect and that you have to work at it on a daily basis to keep things strong. You never give up and always fight for the important things in life. It's having each other's backs no matter how small or large the situations you come up against.
........and sometimes, true love is letting go. It's letting that person live their life the way they need or want to. It's being happy for them and wanting what's best for them, even if that doesn't include you. It's being the person that sets them free and wishes them well. It's showing the depth of your love even in the most painful of times. It's knowing you'll be there for them forever, no matter what. These are the things that true love is made of.....
1 comment:
very beautifully written...Love encompasses all of these things.
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