Can anything leave you more vulnerable than truly loving someone else? When your next door neighbor doesn’t wave hello the day after you move in, you’re heart isn’t crushed. If the CEO of the large company you work for doesn’t acknowledge you in the elevator, life doesn’t end. But when the one you promised to love says something hurtful, acts selfishly, ignores your feelings, or in any way, no longer meets your expectations, the suffering can be overwhelming.
The ‘bad’ news is that the type of love we want from others will leave us open to pain when we give it to them. But it doesn’t always happen that way and when love works hard to triumph on both sides of the relationship, there isn’t anything much better in the world.
Definitely not your typical romantic fairy tale
There will always be things we can learn from others because, though it sounds nice to think we’re good to our core, we can all be pretty nasty at the drop of a hat. Since examples of love can make us consider how we need to change, here’s something we hope will get you thinking. After you’ve watched it, feel free to let us know how it affected you.
