For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health..." We've all heard these words time and time again; these are words we long to speak to the one person we can call our own, the one person we can love, honor, and cherish until the day we die. I'll always respect my vows to the love of my life; these words are sacred to me and I know that since the moment these words were spoken from my lips, I'll truly honor them until the day of my death.
Here lately, I've been thinking more and more about what it is to love, honor, and cherish as long as you both shall live, and what it really means to love for better... and for worse. My bewilderment of Love's mysterious web began after observing several dramatic chapters of a friend's relationship controversies. The good and the bad, that's for sure!
I'm sitting here contemplating people and love and the way it all works when I should be completing at least one of the five chores I've begun and haven't finished because I've moved onto another activity; I started washing dishes three hours ago. Since then I've gone through photographs, gone to the store for gardening dirt, replanted my Aloe Vera plant, and had one more conversation with my friend who is having some major relationship difficulties. The next thing on my list of 'Things-to-Ponder' came to me as soon as the consoling conversation was over... what the hell could she still see in this jerk-face?
I was just finishing up the Aloe Vera transplant when the conversation first began. The contents of these conversations usually have my blood boiling and my rage slightly roaring by the conclusion, but I've seemed to keep my temper to a minimal, considering my Irish blood. At this point, I can't get upset anymore because only she knows what is best for her life and I for sure know what is best for mine; however, I am still in awe at the way love works as a whole...
While this guy couldn't be the one for her, unfortunately, he is a necessary evil. Every relationship is vital to a person's individual understanding of love; without these love lessons, we wouldn't be prepared for the one relationship that will last forever. Forever
ain't no joke; it takes preparation, understanding, patience and one hundred percent commitment. As unfair as it is, all the heartbreaks in our life are necessary; without the mistakes made and lessons learned, we wouldn't have the tools needed to maintain the one relationship that we want to last forever. Each relationship is like a stepping stone for the next relationship and ultimately the final love of your life; each sets you up for the next until you have learned what you needed to make it in the world of love.
This is easy enough to understand, right? But, how do you explain to those forever-searching friends that sometimes they just need to move on? How do you tell them that being unhappy is a sign that you need to make changes to be happy and that if this isn't possible, it may be time to move on to where you can be happy? I have often wondered how to explain to my dearest friends that they'd just know when they had truly found the one, that the search had ended, that the preparation was over and the real fun had actually begun.
How can anyone explain the bizarre phenomenon that is love? It's just plain weird. :)
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