'Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own'.
How beautifully Rovert Anson Heinlein describes love, in his book Stranger in a Strange Land (1961). And how concisely he highlights the topic, which I would like to discuss today... what is the secret for a love to last? Is it realistic for a love to grow stronger day by day?
I observe people around me falling in love, being happy, being content and then, being angry, disturbed...out of love.
Why? I ask myself. If two individuals have been lucky enough to experience mutual love, why and how could they let this flee?
Routine, some will say. Carreer responsibilities, others will insist. The list could be endless, but what could we do to prevent this? What could save a relationship from becoming rotten?
Heinlein's quote shows that when our intimate other is happy, we are happy as well. Thus, we should think in advance! Will this action hurt my partner? Will that talk cause troubles as I don't really mean it? Am I just messing with his/her nerves? Am I really willing to do something that may have irreversible consequences?
Most importantly.. will he/she be happy? If our loved one is happy, this is mirrored back to us...
Their smile is our heaven!
...or is it not?
