LOVE

I've been going through an interesting learning experience the last few months with someone close to me that has made me think about loving others. I decided to share my thoughts.
*Love is rarely easy, but always worth it, not because of how the other person might respond or reward our feelings, but because of how we grow within ourselves. Most times, the more dificult a person is to love, the more our souls and abilities expand and enlarge.
*Love is not an obligation, but is often a responsibility. It is always the responsibility of a parent to love a child. If a parent doesn't love their children, he/she better get busy and find that love. Love between a parent and child must first come from the parent, though it doesn't always work that way, it should. The best place for a child to learn how to love and about love is from the parents.
*You don't "fall" in love, you "fall" in infatuation or adoration. Love is a choice...always. If we don't love someone, then it is our choice. No matter what another person does to us, we can always choose to love. And that is what makes love so much work, and at times, hard to do. There are times when I don't want to love someone and I chose not to. So often we put so much responsibility of what goes on in a relationship on the other person, when nothing we do can change another or their minds...that's their choice...but loving them is our choice plain and simple.
*Every time I choose to love, I'm uplifted. Loving someone isn't always fun, or happy. Love can mean saddness, frustration and disappointment. But when I let love guide me, I always feel peace.
No matter the length of time or curves in the road it takes for us to find success in our loving of others, we can reach our ultimate goal. Here's to getting there.