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Love Is by Susan Polis Schutz

Love is
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the other person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength

Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality

Love is
an understanding that is so complete
that you feel as if you are a part of the other person
accepting the other person just the way they are
and not trying to change them to be something else
Love is the source of unity

Love is
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experience with the other person
the growth of one individual along side of
and together with the growth of another individual
Love is the source of success

Love is
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future

Love is
the fury of the storm
the calm of the rainbow
Love is the source of passion

Love is
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing

Love is knowing that the other person
will always be with you regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security

Love is
the source of life

Marriage is a commitment to life,
the best that two people can find
and bring out in each other.
It offers opportunities for sharing and growth
that no other relationship can equal.
It is a physical and an emotional joining
that is promised for a lifetime.

Within the circle of its love, marriage encompasses
all of life's most important relationships.
A wife and a husband are each other's best friend,
confident, lover, teacher, listener, and critic.
And there may come times when one partner is
heartbroken or ailing.
and the love of the other may resemble
the tender caring of a parent or child.

Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life.
Happiness is fuller, memories are fresher,
commitment is stronger, even anger is felt more strongly,
and passes away more quickly.

Marriage understands and forgives
the mistakes life is unable to avoid.
It encourages and nurtures new life,
new experiences, new ways of expressing
a love that is deeper than life.

When two people pledge their love
and care for each other in marriage,
they create a spirit unique unto themselves which
binds them closer than any spoken or written words.
Marriage is a promise, a potential
made in the hearts of two people who love each other
and takes a lifetime to fulfill.

Edmund O'Neill (b.1929)

The Key to Love

The key to love is understanding...
The ability to comprehend not only the spoken word,
but those unspoken gestures,
the little things that say so much by themselves.

The key to love is forgiveness...
to accept each others' faults and pardon mistakes,
without forgetting, but with remembering
what you learn from them.

The key to love is sharing...
Facing your good fortunes as well as the bad, together;
both conquering problems, forever searching for ways
to intensify your happiness.

The key to love is giving...
without thought of return,
but with the hope of just a simple smile,
and by giving in but never giving up.

The key to love is respect...
realizing that you are two separate people,
with different ideas;
that you don't belong to each other,
that you belong with each other,
and share a mutual bond.

The key to love is inside us all...
It takes time and patience to unlock all the
ingredients that will take you to its threshold; it is the
continual learning process that demands a lot of work....
but the rewards are more than worth the effort...
and that is the key to love.
Author Unknown

Why I Love

I love you, not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.

I love you, not only for what your have made of
yourself, but for what you are making of me.

I love you for ignoring the possibilities of the
fool in me and for laying firm hold of the
possibilities of the good in me.

I love you for closing your eyes to the discords
in me, and for adding to the music in me
by worshipful listening.

I love you because you are helping me to make of
the lumber of my life, not a tavern, but a temple,
and of the words of my every day,
not a reproach, but a song.

I love you because you have done more than any
creed to make me happy.

You have done it without a word, without a touch,
without a sign.

You have done it just by being yourself.
Perhaps, after all, that is what love means.
Love Letters