Love Actually
This is compilation of lessons about what love actually is culled from movies, fairytales and Oprah.
Love doesn’t actually complete you. You can’t look for someone else to complete you. Before you can truly love another, you have to first be whole and love yourself.
Love actually inspires you, which is different from changing you. Love enhances what is already there and brings out the best in you. It makes you want to be a better person for the other.
Love doesn’t actually have to hurt. According to Oprah and Dr. Phil, if you really love someone, you would never do anything that would deliberately hurt them. If a relationship is no longer healthy, you have to know when you need to love yourself more in the name of self-preservation.
Love actually isn’t blind. It sees everything about the other and wholeheartedly chooses to accept and love anyway.
The test of true love is actually real everyday life. It is so easy to get caught up in the highs of romance, but it is equally challenging (if not moreso) to stay together through the routinary, mundane inanities of everyday life like driving through traffic to and from work and paying the bills.
Love someone you can not only talk endlessly with, but can also actually enjoy a comfortable silence with. Often, more is said in silence than in pleasant conversation.
Love is actually friendship on fire. Love is often best when served with equal portions of passion and friendship—two complementary elements that will help keep the fire going. In the end, if the passion burns out, at least you will always have friendship to fall back on.
Love endures and actually lasts with space. Space isn’t a divider, it is a breather that allows you to still be your own person. Though you may be part of a couple, you also need to maintain individuality. (Which is by the way, sometimes, the secret to sanity.)
Love actually isn’t the only thing you need. It isn’t exactly accurate to say that love is all you need. Love can not survive without other virtues like respect, trust and forgiveness.
Love need not be complicated—you can actually love someone simply because they exist. People will come into your life whom you will find you can love simply because they are part of your life. They can be your children, your siblings, your nieces and nephews, and if you’re lucky enough, your partner.
Love doesn’t actually complete you. You can’t look for someone else to complete you. Before you can truly love another, you have to first be whole and love yourself.
Love actually inspires you, which is different from changing you. Love enhances what is already there and brings out the best in you. It makes you want to be a better person for the other.
Love doesn’t actually have to hurt. According to Oprah and Dr. Phil, if you really love someone, you would never do anything that would deliberately hurt them. If a relationship is no longer healthy, you have to know when you need to love yourself more in the name of self-preservation.
Love actually isn’t blind. It sees everything about the other and wholeheartedly chooses to accept and love anyway.
The test of true love is actually real everyday life. It is so easy to get caught up in the highs of romance, but it is equally challenging (if not moreso) to stay together through the routinary, mundane inanities of everyday life like driving through traffic to and from work and paying the bills.
Love someone you can not only talk endlessly with, but can also actually enjoy a comfortable silence with. Often, more is said in silence than in pleasant conversation.
Love is actually friendship on fire. Love is often best when served with equal portions of passion and friendship—two complementary elements that will help keep the fire going. In the end, if the passion burns out, at least you will always have friendship to fall back on.
Love endures and actually lasts with space. Space isn’t a divider, it is a breather that allows you to still be your own person. Though you may be part of a couple, you also need to maintain individuality. (Which is by the way, sometimes, the secret to sanity.)
Love actually isn’t the only thing you need. It isn’t exactly accurate to say that love is all you need. Love can not survive without other virtues like respect, trust and forgiveness.
Love need not be complicated—you can actually love someone simply because they exist. People will come into your life whom you will find you can love simply because they are part of your life. They can be your children, your siblings, your nieces and nephews, and if you’re lucky enough, your partner.
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