“Real love is a decision to do life long work by becoming a caring companion.” When I read this recently it put love into a different context for me. I had not thought of it in that way. Yet I think there is so much truth to that statement. It takes commitment and effort to make a relationship work. Even more than that becoming a caring companion involves learning to experience the other with empathy and love.
When two people first fall in love they are physically and emotionally drawn to each other. They want to learn everything about each other and are ardently focused on each other. Gradually this ardor shifts because the realities of work and daily obligations have to also be attended to.
It is easy with the stresses of daily responsibilities to lose sight of how to keep the relationship vibrant. There has to be a commitment to grow the relationship in addition to developing oneself. It is always a balancing act for each individual to take care of own self-mastery while both simultaneously having to nurture their relationship. Love grows from enjoying each others company, working together on common goals, supporting each others interests, and sharing love through physical and emotional connection.
When you are rekindling a relationship you are bringing back the closeness which may have been pushed aside over the years. There is another reason why couples are working on rekindling their relationship. I see increasingly more people who desire to take their relationship to an entirely new level. They want a deep emotional commitment which allows each to be an authentic self while at the same time they want to feel the joy of having a loving caring companion.
