love

"love isn’t a feeling. it’s a decision.

love isn’t a feeling. it’s a decision. you decide when you wake up every single day if you still want to be with that person. you decide if when he’s having a bad day, and only putting in 40% that you’re going to add the extra 60%. relationships are hardly ever 50-50. and that’s the trickery of it all. you need to find someone who’s willing because they choose to love you.

once the puppy love fades away, once their not just something you can’t have, and once the honeymoon stage passes, you need to decide if underneath all that superficial bullshit, lies something substantial and something worth staying and fighting for. life’s hard, but once you find the one who’s willing to make up for all the bad things in your life, it gets easier.

at the beginning of every relationship you have this subconcious flashforward to your future together, and you see how happy you will be, with the kids and the frolicking in the green grass, with the bright sun on your faces, and the cooking breakfast while he’s holding you at the hips, and the grocery shopping, and the painting of your house together as he smudges some paint on your nose. and three weeks later it’s over. love is often underestimated and mistaken for lust, or even just enjoying someone’s company.

but my friend, love isn’t about butterflies, nor is it about what some boy says to you about forever.

look hard, and watch out for the good ones. because real love, the decision to make someone’s life amazing because you think they deserve it, because you adore them, the decision you’d make for only that person. the decision to support them, the decision to persevere, the decision to never give up. that, is crucial. real love is a decision. real love isn’t a whiff of craziness that hits you so hard you don’t know what’s going on around you, love is the guiding light that leads you to a happy life once you’ve found the right one. so many today mistake love for being this unknown feeling that no one can seem to explain.

in my opinion, love is a decision - that i made 2, but began 12 years ago.oh, and one more thing.love means no matter what. as plain and as simple as it gets. black & white. clear as light. no matter what, there’s no calling it quits. that is love."
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think we all need reminders like this at times...