I came across the following Facebook post by Joyce Anderson of Chilliwack, British Columbia. She makes many valid points on what lasting relationships truly entail.
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"Lifelong commitment is not what most people think it is. It's not waking up every morning to make breakfast and eat together. It's not cuddling in bed until both of you fall asleep. It's not a clean home filled with laughter and love-making every day.
It's someone who steals all the covers, and snores; it's slammed doors and a few harsh words at times.
It's stubbornly disagreeing and giving each other the silent treatment until your hearts heal, and then forgiveness.
It's coming home to the same person every day that you know loves and cares about you in spite of, and because of, who you are.
It's laughing about the one time you accidentally did something stupid.
It's about dirty laundry and unmade beds.
It's about helping each other with the hard work of life.
It's about swallowing the nagging words instead of saying them out loud.
It's about eating the easiest meal you can make and sitting down together at a late hour because you both had a crazy day.
It's when you have an emotional breakdown and your love lays down with you and holds you, and tells you everything is going to be okay. And you believe them.
It's about still loving someone even though sometimes they make you absolutely insane.
Loving someone isn't always easy, sometimes it's hard. But it is amazing and comforting and one of the best things you will ever experience."
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There's no better experience than life. A perfect relationship doesn't exist despite what one might read in books or see in the movies. Love is not all about seeing the world through rose coloured glasses and getting what one wants all the time. Instead of focusing on a person's faults, why not slow down and keep reminding oneself of the things that made them lovable in the first place?
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