360º Love

Perfection is pleasant. So it's really no surprise that it's always the most perfect aspect of the other person's personality and character that we fall in love with. I mean, who wouldn't? Anybody can come to love perfection. No sweat. Cos it's easy to love the wonderful bits that make up another.

But hey, that's not love in totality, is it?

What about the other parts we so often choose to ignore until it rears its ugly head? What about the not-so-nice parts of the other person that isn't as pretty and sparkly as all the other parts that attracted you to them? What about the bad stuff? Do you love enough to accept the flaws, too? Can you look at your partner's faults, work around them and honestly say, "I love every part of you because it's the sum of the parts that makes you you?"

If you can't, what you have isn't love.

Because although Love
may not understand all,
it accepts all.

No amount of love will help you understand everything your partner does that you may come to disagree with. But at least it helps you see the point behind accepting them for everything they do, do not do, are and are not. And the ability to do that comes with the ability to love the 360º way.