A few words on love

Love each other when you can, accept each other when you can’t, and tolerate each other when you can’t do more than that. We cause each other so much misery because we dip our toes into tolerance, rather than leaping into love without looking. Everyone has flaws or ugliness, whether you can see them or not, and all people are sometimes annoying, even when you start with love. How much more annoying are those we merely try to tolerate, rather than try to love! To only be willing to love the perfect is to set yourself up for never loving at all. Are you letting someone else’s idea of perfect be the enemy of what is good for you- are you holding the good up to someone else’s mirror, rather than before your own eyes? Try starting with love, and moving down from that when you must- rather than starting with something less than tolerance, and moving up from that if you can. The former is a better way to live. Easier said than done, but isn't everything?- at least, everything worth doing?