"I like where we are when we drive in your car. I like where we are, here...Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me. Whispers 'Hello, I miss you quite terribly.' I fell in love, in love with you suddenly. Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms."
My original idea was to write about my feelings, but then I developed an even better one. I thought a message to my 'extended family' about the beauty of their love (for each other) would be better suited and hopefully well received. It's common knowledge that love is a miraculous feeling. All too often you'll hear my excuse for my behavior being 'Life's too short', which it is for some, but rarely is it taken in the inverse. Life is in fact too short. Most will say it's too short to be tied down, or not to experience the world and all that lark. Ever think it should be the other way around for some people? Life is too short to not sit down and enjoy the comfort or to love and be loved in the deepest possible manner. Some people go their entire lives without knowing a relationship or the love of another human being. That's certainly no way to live, for everyone should know love at least once. Now take that concept and apply it to your situation. Or someone you know you can relate too. Isn't life too short to make an immense mistake and lose the person you love and try to seek it else where? Shouldn't you do your very best to be with them no matter what the circumstance? Disagreements, arrangements, fighting, harsh words, and heartache are all components of love; a genuine, long standing love.
I've seen it happen. Guys are in love with girls and vice-versa and they have a splendid relationship, but one listens to a friend or someone who claims they know better and sever the ties to 'experience the world' or they feel that age isn't 'the right time'. Time isn't on anyone's side, so that person is either bitter for whatever reason and imposing their well disguised heartache upon you, or they haven't experienced real love. Don't get me wrong, they could have known intimacy and romance, but that differs from love. I'm not big on romanticism, but bare with me. How many of you can really get on without the sensation or knowledge that SOMEONE somewhere loves you? Now imagine that feeling magnified and bound to another human being from everyone you know. Your parents, potentially estranged relatives, best friend, pets, friends and everyone else who has some input on your life and can make you feel good about yourself and give you a greater sense of self worth. Can you imagine one person loving you in all the ways they do combined? If you find someone like that, don't be dumb enough to let them go. It's often said love is a battle ground. It's more of a war zone in which no one takes prisoners. You only lose if you give up. And if you lose, you pick yourself up and take your battered heart elsewhere in an attempt to love again. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but wouldn't you want to stay with the person you say you love as long as possible? Then my answer for you is to keep fighting to have the person you love. No unwritten law or rule says you can't keep trying even after you felt you've lost. You've only lost when neither of you will keep trying, considering relationships are two way streets.
I say it time and time again, but for my age I've experienced a great deal of things, more than your average person. I say so in part, because bragging is a major character flaw I've developed compliments of a dear friend of mine whom is on his own journey through the world. I wrote this with several couples in mind (myself sorta included), and I view many of them as my extended family. The last thing I want is for them to ever lose the person they love. I feel they only grasp half the concept, which is enough for some, but unless you understand it all you risk losing more than just a significant other. If one of you refuses to keep trying, you can either lose hope or exert that person's portion of the fight. That extra effort can mean a world of difference and salvage what you think may be a sinking ship. No external source should ever truly deter you from the one you love. A relationship should be between two people and not the whole world. Your friends and family aren't dating the same person you are, so while their input is always going to be there, it shouldn't decide whether you quit or not. That's something to be determined by you and the person you love. It may not always work out the way you want, but if you love each other enough, you can probably at least still remain friends at the very least.
Now get to work people. I can see how some of you feel about your significant others, don't let anything tear you two apart. Life's too short to lose the person you love. And no, there is no age restriction of love..though there's a prerequisite: a heart, common sense, some people skills, a deep rooted sense of who you are, and love for yourself. Missing any of those and you certainly aren't ready yet.
"Our lips can touch and our cheeks can brush, here" ♥
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