Passion

Passion is more than mere love. It is L’amour. It’s fine wine and candlelight and long walks on an empty beach. Passion is when fate lights a fire beneath two people and steps back to watch the show. This is the time when many couples find their Passion so intense, after a few months they burn themselves out and the only release is to key nasty sentiments into their former paramour’s Lexus. A lucky few however capture the essence of their Passion, harness it and move on to a new plateau.

Welcome to Friendship, one of love’s most blessed stages. Friendship is what carries two people through the valleys that surround the peaks of passion. Friendship praises the fluorescent pink sweater with bright blue daisies, because it’s a gift that was bought from the heart. And Friendship will look directly at that strange pimple with the hair growing out of it and still believe you are the most attractive person on the planet.

With the bonds of friendship as the foundation, you can now build the perfect dream home. Move on in to the last stage of love - Commitment. Commitment understands that it’s ok to spend time apart, because you trust each other enough to be home for dinner. Commitment will help you put in ear drops, de-worm the dog and still be waiting with a kiss when you get home from work. Commitment is patient and kind and despite life’s challenges, will remain standing by your side until death do you part.

It takes a lot of work to run the marathon of love and many couples decide to call it quits and just take the subway. If however you finish the race, the grand prize is a lifetime of happiness.