Hey there folks,
So I meant to post this on V-day but never got the chance to. This is a little something I wrote about 5 years ago about my understanding of real Love. There is also a bit about why living in the past or the future is not beneficial.Hope you like.
TTYL
YFTCF
Greg

"I have come to really know how much dedication and trust love requires for it to be able to grow and survive. It’s not some fluffy feeling, not some dreamy, off in wonderland kind of thing. It’s a down to earth thing; not disconnected from feelings, but in harmony with feelings. Love is a peaceful, joyful, heart shared special gift, something that appears weak but is not at all. Where there is love hate cannot abide and where there is love, a heart cannot be unforgiving; when a heart is full of love, forgiveness flourishes like a spring blossom in a bed of black soil. When two love, there is a dedication there, something deep, something special, something, that when you look at them, you see the true love they have for each other. When at a wedding, you can sense God there, for when two love each other with no conditions you catch a glimpse of the Love of God displayed through Christ. Indeed, such love is a mirror image of the one who not only displays love, but the one who is Love. So when you meet the one who God created for you to find, and you whom He created for them to find, love them; first as a friend, for without friendship you would not have a lasting relationship, and then as more. Love them as yourself. When need be, let them go only for God, but never let them go for a job, a hobby, or another relationship that will not last. They are meant to come before those things, but never before God. Follow His will and His light, and you will be full of His Love and His peace. Seek His face and you will know what it is to love and be loved. Only when you understand this can you come to love someone as I described it above, because to know Him is to know love…

Regret nothing you have or haven’t done; what is in the past is in the past and living there will only drag you back into what you were before. Do not be consumed by the future, for if your heart lives there then the present will slip beyond you and you will be forever stuck dreaming about what could be. Instead, live for the present, it is here, in the now, that past regrets fade away and through which dreams come to pass. Like I said before hand, if you live in the future you will be stuck forever dreaming about what could be, but when you live in the present you start to lay the foundation to the future that God has for you. However, do not try it on your own strength or by your own might, for I guarantee that you have not the ability, knowledge, wisdom or understanding on how to construct this tower. Only God has the details and the plans for that, just be willing to allow Him to guide your steps and also, walk through the doors He will open. Because only through Him and by Him do we have the strength to live the life He has set before us… "