Love Is Not A Competition

I have been thinking about this topic for a little while now, so I thought I'd write it down on here. Love is everywhere. At home, at the store, even along the sidewalks of your neighborhood. I'm not talking about the type of love that involves food, objects, or even the love for your family and friends. Today I am talking about true love. The kind of love you have for another human being that you will spend the rest of your life with. Love is a fairly difficult word to describe because it has its own special meaning to each of us. Some may say that when you are in love with someone, you feel like you are at the top of the world. Others say that it is the need to be with the other person in order to be truly happy. It is having the other persons happiness be essential to your own.

"Love is the constant urge to be in ones presence. It is the sadness you get right as you depart. It is the child like feeling of happiness they give you, but also, the adult commitment you are so willing to give."  ~Unknown

"Love is the butterflies in your stomach when you can't live without her."  ~Hunter Roberts

"Love is the ability to feel for someone the completeness that fulfills you while allowing that person the freedom to be themselves." ~Tommy

"Love is compassion, forgiveness, understanding, charity, patience, selflessness, fairness..."  ~Unknown

If love is described as all these wonderful things, then why is it that some people feel the need to compete to be the "better couple"? Why do they try to impress other people by showing how good they are together, when all that really matters is the love between two people? Love is not a competition or a game. It is simply a part of life; a necessity, if you will. People can see how strong your love is by the way you treat the other person. By how much you trust them, and how you speak to them. This does not mean that your love is strong if you never fight, because a small argument here and there will happen. You show your love's strength by how you stand by the other person during the hard times, and the good times.

Take care of the one you love and love with all you have. Be committed to the person who has your heart. Love is not a game or a competition, so don't treat it like one. I promise, it will be worth it.

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