1) Don't turn your back to love when it's already in front of you.  Don't drive it away from you, because if you do, someday...you'll think again...why you let love flew when it was there next to you.

2) In love, think things first over if you're sure about how you feel.  Don't fall too hard not knowing where you will stand, 'coz it will hurt real badly if things don't go the way you want them to be.

3) It's an irony to know that it takes hours for someone to have guts to say "hi" to the one he likes, days to admire, weeks to miss the person, months to love, but just a blink of an eye to say goodbye...

4) Go for the person who loves you.  It is not wrong to love someone who belongs to someone else, but it is much better to love someone who could also love you in return.

5) Love isn't something we hold, it is something we set free.  It's not something we just do, but it's something we don't imagine to be.  Lastly, it's not something we choose, it chooses us...

6) The scariest thing about falling love is getting hurt.  The scariest thing about getting hurt is not being able to love again.  The scariest thing about not loving again is being alone forever.

7) When you follow your heart, worry not where it will lead you, for your heart knows the way.  And if you do get lost or reach a dead end, use your head to lead you back home.

8) When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults, you don't look for answers, you don't look for mistakes, you accept the faults and you overlook excuses.

9) It's better to lose your pride to the one you love than lose your loved one to your useless pride.

10) Love is not "It's your fault" but "I'm sorry", not "Where are you" but "I'm here", not "How could you?" but "I understand", not "I wish you were here" but "I'm thankful you are".

11) The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves, and not twist with our own image.  Otherwise, we are only loving the reflection of ourselves that we find in them.

12) If a relationship is truly meant for you, your love will find a way to make it happen, and God will be there to make sure it will stay.

 

    This is the content of an email that I've received from a friend earlier today. I was really strucked while I was reading each lines because it made me realize that falling in love is one of the greatest feelings that a human can ever feel even if it entails the risk of being hurt. 
    For the past few days I've been really bitter towards love...wondering why? I hate to admit this but I'm in love with a guy who loves someone else. What a painful reality! You might say...What's so bizarre about it? You're not the only person who has experienced such pain.  Yes, you are definitely right!  However, the reason why this is such a big deal for me is because this is the first time that I've ever fallen in love.  I thought all the while that fairytales come true but, sad to say, I'm wrong...
    Nevertheless, I'm starting to move on now because I don't wanna dwell with this feeling anymore. I guess, I'll just have to think that if we are really meant for each other then love will make it happen no matter where our roads will lead us.

A good relationship is not a game that we play or an ego trip that we take.  It is all about love and two people.  Loving someone can give us the greatest joy we can ever know but it can also hurt us more than we can ever believe.  If we love someone, we should be ready to experience not only happiness but heartache as well.  That's the reward and risk that it takes.  Unless we are willing to experience it, we will never really know what it's like to love and be loved.

Sharing love is probably the most valuable and meaningful experience a person can ever have.  And there is a difference between being in love with someone and loving someone.  It's a difference between a love that's fickle, wild and short-lived and love that's tender, passionate and lasting.  The first is easy.  The second, the one that really matters to us all, takes work --- because it's about keeping the relationship.

Loving someone takes efforts.  We have to be able to communicate with each other.  Nobody can read anyone else's mind.  We always presume that our partner knows what we think and feel.  Maybe in time we might be able to predict or sense each other's thoughts but it's never perfect and it takes time to develop.

Getting the chance to love and be loved by someone is a blessing.  Respect him for who he is and not what you want him to be.  No one is perfect.  It's true love that closes the gap of imperfectness to form a smooth surface of acceptance for each other.  True love sees and accepts a person for who he is.  It is also true love that makes a person change for the better.

Although the power of true love is undeniable, a relationship needs commitment too.  What is love without commitment from each other anyway?  It's like principles and values.  Everyone has them but they only mean as much as we are willing to stand for them.  The same goes for our commitments to relationships and to the person we love.  "Love is like an antique vase.  It's hard to find, hard to get, yet easy to break."

Everyday, everywhere....people fall in love.  But just how many of these relationships are self-sacrificing love, and just relationships which are formed only for the intense feeling of falling in love?  I know hundreds of friends who say the magical words "I love you".... but more often than not, the truth is just --- I'm IN love with you.  There is a difference between being in love with someone and loving someone.  If a person says he is in love with you, he means that he likes you for who you are now and he fell in love with you because of the present you.  This kind of love is temporary and will only lasts as long as the fairytale lasts.  When fairy godmother comes in at night to whirl us back in reality, we see the heartache of such relationship.  But if a person says he loves you, he means that he loves you unconditionally for who you are now, who were you in the past and who you might be in the future.  When he says he loves you and really means it, you have to ask yourself if you love him too or you are only in love with the idea of being in love.  It is very hard to see the difference through logical thinking, so... always let your mind and heart guide you in your journey towards finding the right love.