When I talk about love I’m not talking about romance. Romance is good, I like it a lot. It’s fiery and fun but it’s merely one sliver of the love story.
It’s a mistake to reduce the whole ocean of love to a little flame of romance and then spend all of one’s energy trying to keep that flame from burning out. In doing so we give short shrift to the vast majority of our love relationships.
Parents, siblings, children, friends, colleagues and of course mates.
After the initial passion has mellowed trying to sustain a fairytale romance is a foolish quest. But you can sustain a different kind of love across a lifetime with a whole motley crew of people.
It takes guts to love well and it takes work to sustain important relationships. But I promise you, it is possible and it’s what our hearts are really longing for.
– Elizabeth Lesser, Marrow
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Life long relationships.
