Love takes time, It needs a history of giving and receiving, laughing
and crying.
willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer and to rejoice. Satisfaction
and ultimate fulfillment are by products of dedicated love. They
belong only to those who can reach beyond themselves: to whom
giving is more important then receiving.
Love is doing everything you can to help others build whatever
dreams they have.
Love involves much careful and active listening. It is doing whatever
needs to be done, and saving whatever will promote the other's
happiness, security, and well-being.
Sometimes, love hurts.
Love is on a constant journey to what others need. It must be
attentive, caring and open, both to what others say and to what others
cannot say.
Love says no with
empathy and great compassion.
Love is firm, but when needed it must be tender. When other have
tried and failed, love is the hand in your moments of discouragement
and disappointment.
Love is reliable.
Love is a choice and commitment to other's true and lasting
happiness. It is dedicated to growth and fulfillment.
Love is not selfish.
Love sometimes fails for lack of wisdom or abundance of weakness,
but it forgives, knowing the intentions are good.
Love does not attach conditions. Genuine love is always a free gift.
Love realizes and accepts that there will be disagreements and
disturbing emotions. There may be times when miles lay between, but
love is a commitment. It believes, and endures all things.
Love encourages freedom of self.
Love shares positive and negative reactions to warm and cold
feelings.
Love, intimated love, will never reject others. It is the first to
encourage and the last to condemn.
Love is a commitment to growth, happiness, and fulfillment of one.
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