The realization of what love is

This past week I was on vacation. I had planned to go according to one of my Cali friends. He and I spent the week together. Most of the time we didn't sleep. We had long talks at night. Not because we were stressed or mad at each other, but just because it felt right. We talked about what we mean to each other. We talked about the spiritual bond that we, as only two people in this world, are lucky- so, so very lucky to have met so early on in life. He changed my entire perspective on so many things. He'll always be the most influential thing in my life. We know it because we can feel it; we love each other. Unconditionally, for as long as we are beings whom can remember or feel. This is the love I waited for. I know this is it because I can feel it in every inch of my body. The intensity and extent of my happiness with this person is beyond what I can explain. It's the feeling of being perfect. Being whole. :]

 

I`ve recently wondered about love`s seeming need to display itself. Through weddings, shows of public affection, declarations, engagement rings, etc. Like, it isn`t strong enough to survive in private. Like a religion which believes itself only through the conversion of non-believers.

Why did you feel like posting the OP?

 

I had the same type of evening with my boyfriend around the time we started dating...we have been best friends for 6 years. We've been there for each other and seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. A lot kept us apart all these years, until my father passed...when he came up here from FL for the funeral of my father, I knew he was something special. He held me together and kept me sane....

The truest of love doesn't need public affection...it needs a secret bond that only the lovers can have...

 

It's lesson after lesson with this love thing. Just when you think it's all figured out, you learn something new. It's pretty incredible.

 

I OP'ed because I wanted to share and hear others' opinions. I want to meet other people who can understand this :] Anyone here familiar with hand-fasting? I feel it's much deeper in meaning than a traditional Christian wedding. I don't know about to many other types of "marriage". I was raised wiccan :]

 

so you don't know if you had planned to go, but your friend does?

 

Haha no I meant to say that we had planned it out together. Sorry, my mind was elsewhere

 

love is what you make it