On Love

People have a romantic idea of what love is, and they go into a relationship with expectations, not only of how they want their partners to be, but also expectations of what they want in a relationship. Unfortunately, this is not how a relationship, or love works. And when this delusion is shattered, the relationship crumbles.

We all have our definitions of love, and expectations of our loved one. Nothing wrong with that since we are going to spend the rest of our lives with him or her. The problem arises when our expectations are too high. We want our loved one to be perfect. But there is no such thing as a perfect person, or a perfect relationship.

Love is acceptance of the person as he or she is. It is a two way street. In a relationship, there has to be give and take, and sometimes compromise. If you are not ready to enter into a relationship, don’t. Do not enter a relationship thinking that a person will change because of you, or that you can change a person after you are in a relationship with them. That is not how it works.

It is so unusual for people to realize that love means being individuals who choose to stay together while remaining individuals. - Khalil Gibran

Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved, we love to love. - Leo Buscagalia

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. - Unknown

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed. - Sarah Dessen

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused. - Alan Cohen

Days will come when the magic of the senses shall fade. And when this enchantment has fled, then it first becomes evident whether we are truly worthy of love. - T. S. Arthur

Perfect love is rare indeed – for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain. - Leo Buscaglia

The truth about love is that it is ever changing. Throughout the life of a relationship, individuals change and life itself changes. Love has to be flexible enough to accommodate new information, new roles, and new ways of loving one another. - Patricia Love

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