Limits on Love

Just how much does love factor into a relationship? How much will you overlook simply because you love someone? Does love make you bite your tongue for fear of making waves? Or does it make you act with more certainty because of what is at sake?

At this point of my life I know what Love is to me.I also know that while Love is a focal point to the relationship I want. It is not the be all end all of what goes into it. I will not settle in the areas of functionality and compatibility just because of the drug like effects of love.

Love has earned my respect by the number of emotional beat downs it's handed out to me over the years. The fact that I never stay down and only get stronger has forced Mistress Love to respect me too. But now as I stand and look out over the horizon preparing for the future. I know that I'm preparing for my next bout with love. Not as I have before with mere emotion, but with plans, wants, needs, expectations that will be met if I am to claim another partner.

This is life. No game. They say to make your next more your best move. And I seriously plan to do so. It's not that I will not be the same kind person I was before. But I was never one to really ask much of people. I asked for the bare minimum.(Funny how at times even that wasn't given) But now the stakes will be higher and so will the requirements. It's evolution I guess, but I feel good about it.