cheesy..but true

love.
it is not even a feeling, though feelings are involved in it
it is certainly not all happiness and light
it is not sex either.
love is a connection with another person,
either through birth or through something else that i cannot even explain
it is often just attraction at first
but it goes far deeper than that
it is a determination to care for the other person no matter what
and to allow oneself to be cared for in return
it is a commitment to make other happy and to be happy oneself
it is not possessive
but neither it is a victim
and it does not always bring happiness
often it brings a great deal of pain
especially when the beloved is suffering
and one feels impotent to comfort.

it is what life is all about.
it is openness and trust and vulnerability.


~MaryBalogh, 2009~