L'Amour.

Life will always throw obstacles at you for you to overcome. Life is never easy. But those challenges make the good times so much better. 

I used to think love was something that took time to know. That you couldn't possibly love someone until you were with them for at least 6 months. Like there was a certain amount of time you had to overcome before it was acceptable to be in love with that person. I don't know if that was just because I was in high school, or because that's the general view of relationships and love in our generation. It's expected to use your head and think your way through a relationship. You don't hear of the wild wind love stories that your grandparent's generation have anymore. The spontaneity of falling in love and being together is lacking.  Now, people think that that spontaneity is dangerous, and scary, well so what. So what. What's wrong with fear? It's natural to fear things. It's natural to be scared, how else would you overcome anything? We've done it over and over again throughout our lives. From being scared of the monster under the bed, to the fear of living on your own. We have to deal with it, thats part of growing up.

I don't think there are any rules when it comes to love, and I don't believe you can think yourself through it. It's something you have to feel yourself through blindly. You never know what's going to happen, but you take that leap of faith anyways. You should stop thinking about all the things that could go wrong, and what you have to prepare yourself for, and just do it. I think when you start to over think love, thats when it falls apart. Divorces are so common today that it's hard to believe that any two people can stay together forever, but then you see those old couples... Walking down the street together hand in hand, or going out for breakfast and ordering for each other,  Sharing the newspaper over coffee, visiting their grandchildren... They love and need one another. You know that there has probably been a time or two throughout their lives together that their love was tested, and that there were arguments, and hardships, but they made it through. I think those couples are examples that it can work, and that you can be with one person for the rest of your life.

Love can't be determined by time. It can't be controlled. When you find love, time doesn't matter. When you know, you know. I also believe that if you truly want it to,  love can conquer any obstacle. You just have to let it. Don't give up on it because it's hard.