With all my love and care - Page 3

Maintain the essence of love for it is a feeling that can never be lost, however much we may unconsciously suppress it over time. Isn’t that what we do? Somehow, the first few months of courtship are ones that will always linger on the minds of many. As time goes on, it is either a matter of getting too relaxed into the relationship regime or a matter of getting bored and wanting fresh answers. Ultimately, the essence of love fades away, taking with it all the beauty that is shared between two people. Busy people in this now busy world, pay less attention and start taking for granted a way of life.

Surely, love is not temporary and could not have flown away over time. It is a matter of rekindling the feeling that once was; a hard task with someone you now feel too accustomed to. Excuses of being too old for romance and such bollocks fill the air and one’s mind. And if you step back to take a good look at how you played your cards at that moment, you will realize that you just accepted like a silly fool that after a point in time, it is natural for all the initial fancies in love to die down. It is only your accepting nature that after years, love is no longer a honeymoon.

Why make amends when all one has to do is maintain the essence of love? Why stop sending flowers with little love notes to the pretty girl who now stands beside you as your wife? Why hire a cook after marrying the man who you used to impress with your certainly impressive dishes? Why, over the years, did you stop complimenting your wife on cooking up a hearty meal? Why stop snuggling over hot cocoa now that the kids are watching?

These are the little embellishments that could last a lifetime if one lets them. Instead of letting new responsibilities push out from your lives the reason’s you fell in love, fight back and make time to garnish each day with a little bit of heartiness.

At the end of the day it is for each one of us to realize that we did not love someone for the time-being. We held a person’s hand, not to eventually let go of it and allow the person to fall. And it is for each one of us to realize that loving someone means entering into a world where ‘you’ aren’t the most important person. The person you love is.