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Am I going to say it? Am I? Well, yeah, I guess I have to.
ratbastid speaks the truth.
I remember when I stumbled across that particular realization very well; it'd be difficult for me not to remember it, as it more or less changed my entire outlook on life (it was a paradigm shift, for you fancy business types).
What it more or less comes down to is that love, like a great many things, is not something that happens to us. It is, rather, a choice we make. Thus, it behooves us to take an active approach to it. Be romantic. Choose to spend time with your partner. Choose to be faithful. Choose to love her. If you sit passively without making those choices, if you fail to follow through on the act of loving someone, your relationship will stagnate and eventually fail. But if you do make that decision, to love that person to the best of your ability every day, you will find that love is one of the most rewarding endeavors you've ever undertaken.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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