Yes time erodes. It erodes away the first love you felt when you held your loved one’s hand. It erases all the sweet thoughts you had of her when you were in your 1st few years of dating. It deletes away wonderful things he may have done or sacrifice to be with you in the early years. Yes time makes us all forgetful. And marriage makes us lazy. We don’t see why we still need to try so hard. We become more complacent. We tell ourselves its ok, they’ll understand anyway.
But this is human. Like a fire when left to burn on its own, initially gets burnt out and stop to warm your heart, unless you keep giving it something to burn. So, keeping love alive in the same manner requires constant work. And I agree its hard work. It means taking extra effort, it means going out of the way and it means doing things you actually didnt quite feel like doing but did it anyway becos’ it makes him/her happy. It means going against what time wants to do.. it means you keep on adding beautiful memories so time cannot wipe out fast enough and those memories will keep you going when the relationship is going through difficult times.
It means quality time wins quantity time. It means taking a step back when you want to keep moving even though you know your partner is having problems keeping up. It means keeping your mouth shut when you are pissed over a statement your partner makes becos you know she/he is right. It means when you promise you will do something, do it not just for the sake of doing it, but mean it when you do it. Sounds like hard work? You bet it is, but the end result can be so rewarding.
Something to think about?
