Love is a Decision

Published in today's Today - 'Love is not a feeling, but a constant decision that we make. Love demands that we choose each other constantly despite coming across alternatives.'

That is so true...in the case of a family, we are born into it and thus, cannot dictate who we want as our parents/siblings/relatives. But for lovers, no one can stop us from jumping from one partner to another whenever one starts feeling bored with the old.

For 2 people of different backgrounds and families with no linkage whatsoever to be able to set up a family must be like the greatest gift fate/god can bestow. But for it to be able to last through the years, the good and the bad, really boils down to determination and conviction from the 2 parties to weather through the ups and downs of a person's life.

This is beyond mere infatuation or liking. True love is about acceptance and the willingness to suffer together if the need arises. Perhaps I am not ready for true love, since I have always been saying that 2 persons together should mean a higher standard of life or at the very least, the same standard of life - if not, I will be better off as a single. Perhaps I have never trusted anyone enough to be able to say with conviction that I do not mind his flaws or to suffer with him, as long as we are together. I guess I am more Bread than Love. But then again, Love is a Decision, not merely a feeling.

I haven't been posting much on my work...I wonder why. =)