We All Love When Everything Is Good

I wonder: How many people truly love?

Not for an evening. Not passion. Not love. Not carnal pleasure. But the love that is written about in novels and poems. Love in the movies, where people say what they feel, get involved and are real. Does this love exist? If so, how many feel it?

Is love just the beautiful beginning?

Hearts and flowers. But what do we do with the routine that we cannot avoid? What do we do with life that is unpredictable? Today we are healthy. Tomorrow in a hospital bed. So what do we do? Do we stand by the one to whom we promised so much or do we close the door behind us?

What do we do when we no longer know what we want? What do we do when we talk less and argue more? It’s easy to love when emotions are burning in your chest. It’s harder to love when emotional crises come and we slowly empty ourselves inside, then become empty.

We all love when everything is good. But, fewer when difficulties arise. Few stand where patience and strength are needed. Few choose to be with the man who, due to an accident, is in a wheelchair and needs care. Not everyone can stand next to a man who has lost everything. It’s hard to have feelings for someone who has aged, has extra pounds and dark circles due to sleepless nights.

It’s not easy to hold the hand of the person next to you in the days of storms and blizzards.

But isn’t that what true love is?

Can the man who loves sincerely leave his other half hard?

No!

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