Letting Go

"Don't walk away, don't roll your eyes

They say love is pain, well darling, let's hurt tonight"

OneRepublic.

We are taught at a young age, that love is supposed to be something that will save us. We are shown that love, is the one thing that can turn our world around immediately.

So, we run the second love stops being easy. We leave the second it becomes troublesome.

But love in fact, is the hardest thing in the world.

Love isn’t all butterflies and magic. It’s compromise, it’s arguments, full of ugly words and whispers. Love isn’t this huge beam of light that shines down on a couple for eternity. It is complicated and messy and it takes a huge amount of work.

If you start to see darkness overshadowing the light in your relationship, try not to panic. Don’t run right away. Don’t throw in the cards and give up. Ride the wave. Argue, scream and fight through it. Swim in it, no matter how strong the current gets. Only then is it going to be worth saving.

Love is a battlefield. It’s not supposed to always be heavenly. You’ve got to work for it. You’ve got to fight like hell for it.

Only then, will you know that yes, love is worth it. It’s worth all the hardships and the sacrifices. Love isn’t magic. But when you get it right and when you work hard enough on it, it’s pretty close to it.

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