Fanciful Feel or Real Deal

There are many stages of the powerful connection we call "love." There's the butterfly-in-your-stomach, mushy-gushy romantic excitement of falling in love. There's the settled-in, comfortable, old-hat companionship type of love. There's the purely platonic, I-love-you-like-a-brother kind of love. And a gamut of defining characteristics in between. There is a big difference between true love and the fleeting 'in love' emotion. True love is loving someone with unconditional permanence. It is much deeper than a fanciful falling in-love. Over time the "in love" feeling wears off any relationship, but the manifestation of a deeper love remains. If it doesn't the relationship dies. This deeper love is lasting regardless of external circumstances. It is not based in hollow humanity, but in something Divine. This deeper love doesn't exist because it has to, but because it doesn't know how not to.

True love is not defined by the mind nor confined by time. It stretches over miles and reaches beyond years. It is ageless and priceless. It cannot be thwarted because it is interwoven like a lattice structure throughout the heart. True love is a sub-conscious force that accepts the other person wholeheartedly, longs for them enthusiastically, cares for them unreservedly and treasures them undeniably. Even when it hurts, true love remains. Even in anger, true love stays. For those who share it know it is a force that permeates their soul. It is illogical, irrational and yet irrefutably the most powerful connection of the heart.

A fanciful feeling is fleeting... you'll feel the real deal forever!