“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
This verse speaks to me in so many more ways than the standard "wedding verse". I try to think of this in terms of life. In how I treat others, how I treat my children, as well as how I love in a romantic sense. I don't identify myself with any specific religion, but I think the Bible is an important piece of literature that has meaningful words, just as I pull quotes from things ranging from Winnie the Pooh to Thich Nhat Hanh.
There is so much love in the world if you really stop to look. Mothers, fathers and their children, grandparents, spouses, friends, neighbors.
I am so lucky to have a life full of love. I am surrounded by it. Love from my parents, unbending and unconditional. Love from my children, who come to me when they're hurt, sick, or just want a hug. The love I feel for them is stronger than any other love in the world. Love from my friends, who stand by me through the good, the bad, and the ugly. The true friends who have always been there no matter how far gone I was. Love of a man. Someone who loves me for who I am and nothing more. Someone who just wants to spend time with me, even if it's just to sit on the couch and do nothing. Someone who is proud of my accomplishments, and is eager to see me reach my goals.
When I lost sight of all of the love that surrounds me, I went to a dark place that was hard to come out of. Without all of that love, I don't think I would have come out of it. I had friends to hold my hand, parents to support me so I didn't fall right back down, children to give me hugs and kisses and remind me that life is worth living. Step by step, with people holding my hands to support me if I stumbled, and sometimes people to carry me when I couldn't make it on my own.
I am the luckiest woman in the world.
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