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a work in progress.



i’m looking to post whatever inspires me, whether it is directly related to love, or something indirect that gives me the same short of breath feeling that love does (and i’m talking about all love - romantic, sisterly, brotherly, friendships - All love). 

dedicated to positivity

dedicated to taking away some of the jaded associations with love

dedicated to changing a culture from within the culture

and of course, dedicated to the one i love

i want to find all of the the good stories, the great stories, all of the stories that people are proud to share. let’s spread it around a little bit people.

i just need to write this to remind myself that it’s all around us and that’s why it’s easy to overlook.

this will always be a work in progress.


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Feedjit Live Blog Stats</description><title>iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou)</generator><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>disintegrate:

(via artpixie)

Loves it</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6xe332vCl1qzwaddo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://disintegrate.tumblr.com/post/932729217/via-artpixie"&gt;disintegrate&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Loves it&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/933095569</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/933095569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:18:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"A guy and a girl can be just friends but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...."</title><description>“A guy and a girl can be just friends but at one point or another, they will fall for each other. Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Dave Matthews (via &lt;a href="http://yourwrite.tumblr.com/"&gt;yourwrite&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/86008365</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/86008365</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:01:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will..."</title><description>“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Edgar Watson Howe (via &lt;a href="http://kindacarsick.com/"&gt;saramcpherson&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/86008113</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/86008113</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:00:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I took some time off from this blog</title><description>&lt;p&gt;because my heart was breaking. It still is. After 3+ years, staying by him through all his crazy shit&amp;#8230;. after questioning myself &amp;#8220;should i stay or should i go?&amp;#8221; &amp;#8230;..after loving no other&amp;#8212;not even feeling attracted to anyone else&amp;#8230;.. after empty promise after empty promise&amp;#8230;.. after hours of laughter&amp;#8230;. after hours of crying&amp;#8230;.. inside jokes, movies, adventures, future plans, supporting him&amp;#8230;. it&amp;#8217;s basically over. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I never asked for much (I&amp;#8217;m a very low maintenance girl - no really, Very low maintenance)&amp;#8230;. I asked for only a little of him time because he was always busy. I asked for honesty, faithfulness (which he broke), and openness (which he was afraid of). He couldn&amp;#8217;t give this to me but still I loved him more than I have loved any man. I was willing to overlook his faults because I believed in him so much! I believed in &lt;b&gt;us&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8230;. when we were together we could do &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;! And I still do believe in him&amp;#8230;. but his belief in us was never as strong as mine. And soon, it turned out, I was in a relationship by myself. That hurt so much. After a while, even when I was with him I was lonely. I tried not to put pressure on him by relying on him for anything, but once in a while I would count on him and it would fall through and it was horrible. I never knew anyone who broke his or her word as much as he did&amp;#8230; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I got him too cry for the first time in a decade&amp;#8230; I showed him that it was ok. He was the first person I ever considered marrying&amp;#8230;. the thought actually didn&amp;#8217;t make me nauseous! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I miss him so much&amp;#8230; his smell&amp;#8230; his crinkly eyes when he smiled&amp;#8230;. his voice and taste and lips that I thought could fix every problem in the world&amp;#8230;. I especially miss the weight of his arms around me&amp;#8230;. holding another person - that tiny act that, in reality, is so big - means so much, give so much comfort. No one can do it like him. And so I mourn &lt;b&gt;us&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8230;. the very bright future we could have had. The future you were so afraid to have because your past left you so damaged. You have taken all I can give and I&amp;#8217;ve received&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230; Well, I&amp;#8217;ll get back to you when I figure that one out. But I&amp;#8217;ve learned not to be blinded by the love I want to give out. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thats it for now. I love you and I miss you, but I&amp;#8217;ve got to mourn. I can&amp;#8217;t go through this again with you. I can&amp;#8217;t have you shutting down and pushing me away every time you experience something hard in life&amp;#8230; It&amp;#8217;s too lonely and painful to experience. But I will always love you.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/79992874</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/79992874</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:42:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>seriouslythough:

(via overflowing)



sigh..</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/QyGOt5dgohz5148n65crLHXko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://seriouslythough.tumblr.com/post/66959003/via-overflowing"&gt;seriouslythough&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

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sigh..</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012462</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012462</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:17:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>kari-shma:

(via: Ffffound)



Hahaha - I want this shirt.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/AZN7wsuV4hzv7283Ol2ANUfoo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kari-shma.tumblr.com/post/67009380/via-ffffound"&gt;kari-shma&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

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Hahaha - I want this shirt.</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012379</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012379</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:16:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>lessee:

Good quote, good wine, great party favor =)

“I have...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/P7XqlqufVhz9tnqvfhWFNI6jo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lessee.tumblr.com/post/66955368/good-quote-good-wine-great-party-favor-i"&gt;lessee&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good quote, good wine, great party favor =)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, only more love.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;



Oh! So True!</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012314</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/67012314</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:15:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>innocence..</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/V0PpyMhp0hdokoe0ZRgZJslZo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;innocence..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64387698</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64387698</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:03:55 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>lovebot:utano: Tumblr </title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eVlGl6aeDhd3ur15W6kbZVRho1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lovebot.tumblr.com/post/64303067/utano-tumblr"&gt;lovebot&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://utano.tumblr.com/post/64299851/tumblr"&gt;utano&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/235129"&gt;Tumblr &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64323870</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64323870</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:51:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>finallyseeing:dilaudid: (via align)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f37VfjNohhck2ini10ogIYRPo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://finallyseeing.tumblr.com/post/64295931"&gt;finallyseeing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://dilaudid.tumblr.com/post/64236525/via-align"&gt;dilaudid&lt;/a&gt;: (via &lt;a href="http://align.tumblr.com/"&gt;align&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64321775</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64321775</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:38:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>getthefuckoutrightnow:
(via sine-qua-non)
Why and how am I so...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/I2kAISd7thd36gdaYKNXaKNwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://getthefuckoutrightnow.tumblr.com/post/64313677/via-sine-qua-non"&gt;getthefuckoutrightnow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Why and how am I so fucking patient with him? Is it because I believe so strongly in love? And loves power to make things feel good.. What if they’re just not good? What if I need a break from everything? What if I want to go abroad and teach for a year you broken son of a bitch? You don’t even want to live together! You say you want to marry me. You placate me. I don’t care about getting married! I care about whether I can trust you when I’m not around, you selfish withholding asshole. I care about how you tell your girlfriends you miss them and love them. Don’t fucking do that. It’s completely inappropriate you insensitive dumbass. I’m done with you for now. We’re not going to be in contact for a few days. Fuck Off.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64321549</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64321549</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:36:55 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>thisisnotanexit:aspettandoellis:lapupachasonno:skysignal:     ...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1fdtdYBtyhcsf075VBnCkUTmo1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thisisnotanexit.tumblr.com/post/64281369/aspettandoellis-lapupachasonno"&gt;thisisnotanexit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://aspettandoellis.tumblr.com/post/64271621/lapupachasonno-skysignal-ljsecret"&gt;aspettandoellis&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://lapupachasonno.tumblr.com/post/64270088/skysignal-ljsecret"&gt;lapupachasonno&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://skysignal.tumblr.com/post/64261600/ljsecret"&gt;skysignal&lt;/a&gt;:      LJSecret&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why is it always so complicated? Why don’t you repay the favor and do the same thing for me?&lt;/p&gt;
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tephie:aksamala:sunlit-skies:catchakat:
If I had a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/jKl1eY5aJhcs17mfTZdGhp4Vo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://acidreams.tumblr.com/post/64317124/tephie-aksamala-sunlit-skies-catchakat-if-i-had"&gt;acidreams&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tephie.tumblr.com/post/64312101/aksamala-sunlit-skies-catchakat-if-i-had-a"&gt;tephie&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://aksamala.tumblr.com/post/64311120/sunlit-skies-catchakat-if-i-had-a-chance-to"&gt;aksamala&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://sunlit-skies.tumblr.com/post/64286010/catchakat-if-i-had-a-chance-to-leave-i-would-i"&gt;sunlit-skies&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://catchakat.tumblr.com/post/64260417/if-i-had-a-chance-to-leave-i-would-i-would-pack"&gt;catchakat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If I had a chance to leave. I would. I would pack my suitcases with my dreams and love and leave everything I know behind. If I had the chance. If nothing held me back. If nothing stood in my way. If I didn’t know that it was better for me to stay. I would leave, without looking back.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;What would your choice be?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64319195</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/64319195</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:21:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>excuses</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaiticalamity.tumblr.com/post/62219419/excuses"&gt;kaiticalamity&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thresca.tumblr.com/post/62219092"&gt;thresca&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;I love you but I can’t be with you&lt;/i&gt; is the line of a coward. It should be: &lt;i&gt;I love you and I’ll do everything just to be with you because being with you is worth it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you really want someone, there is no excuse.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;There is No excuse!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62353039</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62353039</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:46:55 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>(via kari-shma)
It’s true! Antsy like little kids who want...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/AZN7wsuV4fgvl32c0VXxmCEto1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://kari-shma.tumblr.com/"&gt;kari-shma&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s true! Antsy like little kids who want to leave the grocery store and play outside =P&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350569</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350569</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:29:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"One way to break out of disillusionment is by deciding to love. Feelings change and aren’t not..."</title><description>“One way to break out of disillusionment is by deciding to love. Feelings change and aren’t not easily controlled. Love is not only a feeling, it is more than a feeling. Love is a decision. Love is a decision to be open and to share when you don’t feel like it. Love is a decision when you don’t think your spouse deserves your love. Love is a decision means that you are open to honest communication with your spouse. That’s not only talking, but also listening. It is also a decision to be loved. Making the decision to love includes the everyday, little things that you often do for one another, especially when you’re not feeling loving. From the action of deciding to love, often the feeling of love will follow.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://marriage.about.com/od/loveisadecision/a/loveisdecision.htm"&gt;Love is a Decision&lt;/a&gt; — for &lt;a href="http://sunlit-skies.tumblr.com/"&gt;sunlit-skies&lt;/a&gt;) (via &lt;a href="http://stupidinboston.tumblr.com/"&gt;stupidinboston&lt;/a&gt;)(via &lt;a href="http://sunlit-skies.tumblr.com/"&gt;sunlit-skies&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it’s an easy choice - to want to love and be loved. but why does it seem so difficult to actully keep up and follow through on?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350429</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350429</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:27:31 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Kids Speak about MARRIAGE:</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://loveandlogic.tumblr.com/post/62222724/kids-speak-about-marriage"&gt;loveandlogic&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://amandoline.tumblr.com/post/62167538/kids-speak-about-marriage"&gt;amandoline&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://urbanredneck.tumblr.com/post/62149282/kids-speak-about-marriage"&gt;urbanredneck&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://shany.tumblr.com/post/62146984/kids-speak-about-marriage"&gt;shany&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;From the mouths of babes …&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://perfect-moments.tumblr.com/post/35723058/kids-speak-about-marriage"&gt;perfect-moments&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;How do you decide who to marry?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.”&lt;br/&gt;— Kristen, age 10 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;How can a strangeer tell if two people are married?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.” &lt;br/&gt;— Derrick, age 8 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;What do most people do on a date?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.”&lt;br/&gt;— Lynnette, age 8 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;What would you do on a first date that was turning sour?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.” &lt;br/&gt;— Craig, age 9 (ingenious)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Is it better to be single or married?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.” &lt;br/&gt;— Anita, age 9 (bless you child)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;How would the world be different if the people did not get married?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?”&lt;br/&gt;— Kelvin, age 8&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;How would you make a marriage work?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.” &lt;br/&gt;— Ricky, age 10&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Adorable&amp;#8230; and wise!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350099</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62350099</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:25:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>You are defined by the way in which you treat the people you love. And, the people you hate.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://moodyfingers.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-wrote-this-for-you-solitary-figure.html"&gt;You are defined by the way in which you treat the people you love. And, the people you hate.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62348827</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62348827</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:14:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?
During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said,..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?&lt;br/&gt;
During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, ‘How do I know if I married the right person?’ I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, ‘It depends. Is that your husband?’ In all seriousness,he answered ‘How do you know?’ Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it’s weighing on your mind.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s the answer.&lt;br/&gt;
EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love. With your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies. Falling in love with your spouse wasn’t hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn’t have to DO anything. That’s why it’s called ‘falling’ in love…Because it’s happening TO YOU. People in love sometimes say, ‘I was swept off my feet.’ Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU. Falling in love is easy. It’s a passive and spontaneous experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades.It’s the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse’s idiosyncrasy, instead of being cute, drive you nuts. The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, ‘Did I marry the right person?’ And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’m not saying that you couldn’t fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you’d feel better. But you’d be in the same situation a few years later.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because (listen carefully to this):&lt;br/&gt;
THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON;&lt;br/&gt;
IT’S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND. SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It’ll NEVER just happen to you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can’t ‘find’ LASTING love. You have to ‘make’ it day in and day out. That’s why we have the expression ‘the labor of love.’Because it takes time, effort, and energy, And most importantly, it takes WISDOM . You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage&lt;br/&gt;
work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage. Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It’s a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable…you can ‘make’ love work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Love in marriage is indeed a ‘decision’… Not just a feeling.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Annonymous (via &lt;a href="http://himandher.tumblr.com/"&gt;himandher&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62348225</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62348225</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:10:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>(via littlemiss)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/soBwCdeuhgy2kbwr9V52rpL8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://littlemiss.tumblr.com/"&gt;littlemiss&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62347665</link><guid>http://iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou.tumblr.com/post/62347665</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:06:01 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
