make you feel my love

Love ...

(side note:  This rant comes from a thought I wrote on fb today so scared am I that a dear dear friend is losing himself into a dangerous place.  It is an expansion on that thought... because frankly, no one should live like that.  No one.  NO. ONE. deserves that.)

"Love does not lay traps to catch others in... It does not lie, look for deceit or mistrust. Love is complete belief in the worth of another person accepting that they are human, not perfect but entirely worth being with"

Love does not lay traps to catch others in... It does not lie, look for deceit or mistrust.  It is the ability to push past mistakes aside, to move on with an open and full heart.  To have complete and utter respect for not only the other person but yourself.  Not to lose who you are in the relationship.  It is the ability to communicate, honestly and openly without questioning all the time.  The ability to only deal with present issues without dragging the past into it.  So hard to do.  But so important to work at.

It is the ability to be still and quiet with in utter and complete comfort.  To laugh with and cry with.  To have shared goals and support individual ones.  To nurture and grow individually and together, not necessarily at the same time and being okay with that.  To always say thank you for the love and trust placed in you.

Granted, every relationship is different and unique to itself.  But to me, love is complete belief in the worth of another person accepting that they are human, not perfect at all but entirely worth being with, completely, entirely, fully and utterly.

if this is not your love....  you have some work to do.   and I'll call you on it.