L-O-V-E

I said in my Beauty Tips for Spring Bride post that I would touch on the topic of love another time and today is the right time as every where I went I was reminded of it.

It started off in the morning with wedding photos from my friend Becky's wedding over the weekend which she shared on her Facebook. She was glowing with happiness and surrounded by little princesses. What a beautiful bride she made. Then later in the morning I read an article by Danielle LaPorte on her blog, "What Would Love Do?" . I could relate to two primary points from the article, that love is patience and kind. In the afternoon my beautiful friend called and talked about one of our friends who is having some doubts about her relationship and what it meant to love someone truly. Then my day ended with a last minute bike ride/marathon training invitation with a couple of friends at Marinaside. When I arrived at my friend's appartment, one of my girlfriends was on the couch all curled up in a big ball moaning in agony of lost love... So we decided to ditch the ride and ate junk food the entire evening instead. We had a long girl talk about love. Really long talk and we laughed a whole lot.

I've been fortunate in many ways when it comes to love. I have the love of solid family, love of friends and was given true and unconditional love very early on in life that has shaped my life and my decisions. I learnt that true love is a special gift shared by two people who connect in many ways, and they make it easy for each other to give without reservation. It is easy. It defies time, distance, and space, in that absence makes love grows stronger and long distance relationship is absolutely possible. It is also unconditional in that regardless of how things may end, they love each other anyway and only want the best for one anoother. True love is also very solid, in that it gives those two people the security and confidence in knowing that their love can overcome any difficulty. It also gives them courage to be fearless and the conviction that nothing will get in the way of their love. It is truely once in a lifetime experience.

Like what Danielle LaPorte wrote in White Hot Truth , love is something we all aspire for no matter how many times we fail. So lucky are those who know what it is. :) And I am so ever grateful...

After we parted, my girlfriends and I agreed that in order to get our friend back again, we will have to meet almost every night and eat a whole heck of a lot more junk food and ice cream for the next 2 weeks. :) It's all good and thank God for girlfriends.

To love,
Lisa