relationship

Relationshipthatlasts

Ifsomebodytellsyou,“I’llloveyouforever,”will

youbelieveit?

Idon’tthinkthere’

readytobelievesuchcommitmentatthemoment,

he

beliefinaneverlastinglove,that’sanotherthing.

Thenyoumaybeaskedwhetherthereissucha

thingasaneverlastinglove.I’danswerIbelieveinit.

Butaneverlastingloveisnotimmutable.

Youmayunswervinglyloveorbelovedbyaperson.

Butlovewillchangeitscompositionwiththepassage

ourof

yourgrowthandasaresultofyourincread

experience,lovewillbecomesomethingdifferentto

you.

Inthebeginningyoubelievedaferventlovefora

y,however,

“fervent”gavewayto“prosaic”.Precilybecauof

whatwasmeantbyaneverlastinglovewould

eventuallyendupinasortofinterdependence.

Weudtoinsistonthedifferencebetweenlove

meremedmuchmorebeautiful

,however,itturnsoutthere’s

is

ametoken,the

everlastinginterdependenceisactuallyan

everlastinglove.

IwishIcouldbelievetherewassomebodywho

’sasweallknow,too

d,itwillmoreoftenthan

notbeacaofrelationshipthatlasts.