Inspiring Humanity

It’s been said that we really only fall in love with three people in our lifetime. Yet, it’s also believed that we need each of these loves for a different reason.   “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” ~  Often our first is when we are young, in high school even. It’s the idealistic love—the one that seems like the fairytales we read as children. This is the love that appeals to what we should be doing for society’s sake—and probably our families. We enter into it with the belief that this will be our only love and it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t feel quite right, or if we find ourselves having to swallow down our personal truths to make it work because deep down we believe that this is what love is supposed to be. Because in this type of love , how others view us is more important than how we actually feel. It’s a love that looks right. The second is supposed to be our hard love—the one that teaches us lessons about who we are a

Once upon a time, long before you were born, you chose him. You chose the one who makes the nights too short to say everything you want to say to each other… The one whose soul caresses you without laying a finger on your skin, the one that believes in you and makes you believe in yourself, even at times when you don’t. The one who tells you how important you are to him and to the world as well. You’ll recognize him by the shimmer of his soul  and the sparkle that lights up in his eyes every time he sees you; by his strong embrace that holds you tight as if you are going to slip through his fingers. And after your first encounter in this world nothing will ever be black or white! On the contrary, a completely new specter of shades, colors, sounds and words will appear. You will need this person as you need the air you breathe. His absence will cause you pain and you will never get used to it. That’s why it’s pointless to build your life without the one you chose long be