True Love.
This sunday we got to meet together as a relief society for our bishop to give us a lesson. His lesson was on love. Listening to his prepared statement and ideas I couldn't help but think he knows this all from experience because he has true love for his sweet wife. There was a point when he was telling us that sometimes he has to take business trips and it is really hard to be away from his wife for too long. He said when he got home he always loved to just give her a big hug and express that he was so happy to be home. Mostly because he could be back with her. I love those kind of sweet stories. I believe that is true love.
I want to consider the idea that love is not thrust upon you when the time is right. It is something to be sought after and cultivated. I have learned that it is truly a choice you make. It requires work and effort as well as a natural affection towards someone. I kind of always thought that falling in and out of love was something that happened that you didn't really have control of. But we do have control and we can choose. That fact brings me comfort because even if it is hard I can choose to love.
Not having much experience on the marriage end of the spectrum I would like to look at my family life. I have an older brother and a younger brother both whom I love dearly and both who drive me crazy 95% of the time. At times I think it would be easy for me to say "I did not sign up for this. Get me out of here." At these moments I try to remember that I have control of what I do and I still love them in spite of the annoyances they are. After I choose that path, in a twist of fate one of them might find a moment of seriousness and kindness towards me and I will feel amazingly blessed that I was given two wonderfully strong brothers who are good boys and good examples.
Those times help me to remember to choose to love. The choice is difficult at times but the consequences are absolutely worth it.
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