I thought Valentine's Day warranted a post on my views of love.
I liked what I read in a Perry Mason book recently. '.. Opposites attract, yes, but when the magic starts to fade, its the similarities which keep you together..' I don't think these were the exact words, but it was something to this effect.
Now that is a statement I agree with completely. Opposites help when you differ in such a way, that you help the other improve. And love is about dissolving your differences to become better, at loving and at living.
Love is also about learning to love. Each one of us has different definitions of love, and sooner or later, we will realise that our spouse expects our love to be expressed in a completely different way as compared to how we express it. Love is learning to express your love like that.
Most importantly, love is learning to love yourself. For, no one can ever truly love another if he /she does not love himself/ herself. Once you love yourself, you love the world at large, because you are at peace with the person within. You only hate in others, what you hate in yourself. When you love yourself, you love everyone, you love the whole world. And you love that special person better.
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