“You are what you love, not what loves you.”

Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash

It’s easy to forget how much we love love. I know someone read that last sentence and protested that they haven’t forgotten, but I think we all forget. I think we forget more often that we’d care to admit or know.

The realization comes in when our beloved relationship is over or threatened. You remember what you have or had to lose. Then you consider the giant emotional chasm that will…