Love is Bittersweet
Do you remember the first time you fell in love? It starts from a simple attraction, then you regard someone as special, and what you want to do everyday is think about that person, and be with him all the time. You start to be romantic, and do funny stuff such as writing poems, or even staring at the person’s pictures and start concocting fantasies. It makes your heart beat faster, and you start caring for the person right away, and do something special.
But alas, when you start loving the person too much, you start to take him seriously. When you see the other side of the person, the one that’s not smiling, and when the courtship is over you ask yourself, what did I get myself into? I thought loving is always rainbows and butterflies, but when problems start to arise, you discover you opened up yourself for hurts and disappointments, now that is the reality of loving. The one who gives you so much happiness is also the one who will give you extreme sadness.
You thought loving is such a fun experience, but a lot of hard work is put into it. A lot of emotions are poured into it. It can either be the thing that makes you go on living or it can make you want to end your life right away.You hear a lot of people doing destructive things and as if their world is shattered into a million pieces when a relationship doesn’t work out or if the one they loved has hurt or betrayed them.
In loving a person, there are no guarantees, no exact rules how to keep the relationship going on fine, and how to make it last. You see, when you thought being together for so many years is an assurance that you won’t leave each other, you hear of couples separating after 20 years or more. Everyday is a struggle, one day can make a difference.
Therefore, the only way not to worry about it, is to take each day one day at a time. Cherish the moment that you are together for you’ll never know what tomorrow will bring. Show some acts of kindness while you can, instead of focusing on each other’s faults. Expect little and give more. Let’s be contented with what we have. Let’s not compare ourselves to others, they may seem a lot better, but they have their own problems too, they probably just know how to deal with it. Put some humor and laughter to your problems, and don’t take yourself seriously. Life is too short to be miserable. Remember what made you fall in love with that person in the first place.
If things don’t work out, at least you know that once upon a time you loved and you were loved, and you would cherish that memory your whole life through. But when it’s time to move on, you should move on. That person is just part of your life, not your whole life. Nothing and no one could make you feel better but yourself. See that as a transition for you to love yourself more, and to take care of yourself. Don’t focus on what might have been, it’s a waste of time. Life is good, so live it. It has so much more to offer!
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Thank you for all the people who read my article and everyone who appreciated it. When we fall in love we should be prepared for the consequences. But we should never be discouraged when things don’t work out. As the song says, “Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love of all.”
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