love is a verb. it can not exist without the two people making it work and making it happen. with that said, the other things that compose a good relationship are trust, respect, communication, patience, understanding and the willingness to grow. notice that you will both grow and change in the years and embrace it. you can't "love" someone if you only liked how they were 5 years ago.. love is flexible and able to change because life is impermanent.
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Originally posted by repeater
"All you need is love" I think trust, humor, sex and everything else just kinda flow into love.
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the trap with this quote, although i love john lennon, is that this doesn't challenge someone to nurture love. it's saying all you need is love, and that's that. one of my exes would always say this and leave it at that. he wouldn't do anything for the relationship and would *say* that he loved me but never showed it. i think he would quote it as an excuse, whenever i thought the relationship wasn't working. it was a sinking ship. you need so many other things than "love". it's not as simple as that. when you're with the right person, it might seem simple because a lot of the "work" comes naturally.