If you ask me, there is nothing more special and more important than love! I am the type of person that loves with their entire being, and would do just about anything to save it.
What about you, would you do anything to save love? And if so, how far would you be willing to go? Would you be willing to risk your own personal health and safety? Would you be willing to lie, steal, cheat, and possibly kill to save it? How far is far enough? Is there such thing as going too far?
I believe love is always worth fighting for! While I would never go as far as breaking any laws or actually hurting anyone, there really isn’t much else I wouldn’t do to try and save love. I just cannot give up and walk away from love without fighting to the very end for it.
In my past relationship, which lasted over 9 years, I did just that. I did just about anything to try and save it. I turned my whole life upside down for her and the love we shared. I just could not walk away until I knew I had given it my all. I fought and fought to save our relationship and love until there was literally nothing left of it. It was only then, once I knew every last ounce of love was gone between us, that I could move on. I wanted to make sure that I would never have any regrets for giving up on our love too soon. Believe it or not, once I had finally reached this place it was extremely easy to walk away for good.
If you ask me, if someone is not willing to fight to save love I have to wonder if they were truly in love in the first place. I honestly don’t believe love should ever been easy to walk away from without fighting for it first. And I did just that!
What about you? Does anyone out there have a story of how they fought for love? Did you give up easily? Did you actually save it? Or did you just walk away?
"If you ask me, if someone is not willing to fight to save love I have to wonder if they were truly in love in the first place. I honestly don’t believe love should ever been easy to walk away from without fighting for it first. And I did just that!"
ReplyDeleteWell, I think this is true in some ways, but also can be a source of major trouble as well.
I had a three year relationship where we did our best, over and over again, to keep it going. And in that case, it sounded similar to what you experienced in that we made the effort, still felt love for each other in the end, but also knew it was time to move on.
The relationship I wrote about in my first post is probably an example of where fighting too hard can be trouble. Or could have been trouble. The fact we made it as far as we did shows the sense of commitment we had to each other (given all the obstacles). However, if I hadn't let go at certain points, and had done things that might have kept her and I together in the short term, things could have turned out different. The threats of violence may have become reality for example.
And I think this happens fairly often. People who are harming each other, or in dangerous circumstances, push too hard trying to keep it together and end up worse off in the process.
The times I have truly loved, I didn't give up easily. But I also feel like there are times when you might have to give up before you'd like to - that the story of your lives together is moving on it's own momentum, and all you can do is accept that.
Great comment, very well put. I agree the key is knowing when to walk away! I also agree that holding on too long can be just as damaging as walking away too soon.
ReplyDeleteMy big issue is when I see couples that have been together for 20 or more years and then all of the sudden one of them just gives up. It is very heart breaking to see. I had to witness something like that firsthand with my parent many years ago. I guess part of that has always stuck with me and made me value love that much more!
Following what you said, I guess you just have to accept that everything happens for a reason and be willing to let go and move on when nothing else is left. Thanks for the comment!
~The Single Guy~