Real love is a garden

It takes planning, hard work, and know-how to make it work.

E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth
Published in
10 min readJul 31, 2021

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A couple in lies in bed with their legs on the edge of a window looking into the garden.
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by: E.B. Johnson

Are you someone who has struggled to find the right relationship? Maybe you want to settle down, but it’s hard to make sense of what you need and what you want. Shifting our perspective can be a game changer in attracting the romantic love that we desire. Rather than seeing it as an adversarial challenge, or unbeatable odds, we can see our love as a garden. Something which requires knowledge, planning, nourishment, and action in order to thrive and provide us with compassion and support.

Real love is a lifetime garden.

Many think of their relationships as a one-and-done acquirement, but it’s anything but. Like it or not, a truly loving relationship is a lifetime garden. You have to prep for it, understand what you’re doing, and put in effort every single day. True love requires choices. It requires knowing yourself and knowing the person who you’re choosing to stand beside.

Building knowledge is a must

Like any true gardener knows, there’s a certain amount of knowledge that has to be acquired before diving in to create your backyard paradise. The same goes for our relationships. We need to know who we are and what we want from…

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E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth

NLPMP Coach | Writer & Content Creator | Sharing my knowedge with the world ⭐️ https://linktr.ee/ebjohnson01