Loving For Life

Love grows, where my Rosemary goes………….

Or so the song says.

I think about love – lots.

Those of you that know me understand that my life revolves around the realization that love is the thing that drives us forward and the thing that allows all the bad shit that happens in our lives to be bearable.

Love allows us to grown in the image that God left for us to model. It gives us the ability to sacrifice those things that we willingly let go of when we find love. Love, in short, gives us the motivation to live our lives in the manner in which we are supposed to live them.

Ain’t that cool?

Love is amazing in that it is very self-fulfilling. It feeds itself if it’s pure.

Have you ever heard someone say “love has vanished from my relationship”? Well, that’s not very fair to love because it’s not love that has vanished – it’s you!

Lasting love is not a test of endurance. When you look at the things that brought you together with the person you love, love brings you appreciation for those qualities and love allows you to deepen that appreciation each and every day.

If you don’t believe me, just look at your children and realize that when they were little babies you knew there was nothing in the world that you could love better, but the older they get, the more you love them. It’s an amazing circle of live and love.

But it’s not easy sometimes. As with most things worthwhile, it takes lots of attention and effort to maintain and grow anything. I don’t care if we’re talking about pets, plants or relationships, it takes daily effort.

Nothing is free and nothing worthwhile is easy.

Love needs maintenance if it is to remain healthy. Obstacles must be overcome or taken in stride. We must take into consideration that the person you love is a unique person and probably believes different things than you do – and there is room for all of it.

But for the most part, what we have to do is to welcome the mystery that is love. We must embrace the enthusiasm and the challenge that comes when two people exist within the same space.

To do that each day is to find yourself a lover for a lifetime.

And there ain’t nothin’ better than that.

I promise there isn’t.

Peace.