Ways We Should Love

 Ways We Should Love...

• We should not fall in love; we should jump, feet first.
• We should not be swept away by love; we should sweep love with purpose toward our own heart.
• We should not love blindly; we should go into it with our eyes wide open.
• We should be forgiving in love, but we should not forget irrevocable harm—if it means leaving ourselves vulnerable to further pain.
• We should only ever be madly in love in the heart; keep your head sane and rational.
• We should remember always that, in love, a little jealousy goes a long, long way.
• We should wait a while before declaring love—your mind may change your heart.
• We can love, but not like; just as we can like, but not love.
• We do not have to be loved back just because we ourselves choose to love.
• We can, quite irrationally, fall out of love.
• We are not obliged to love those who love us.
• We always, always, always have a choice in love.

--Winnie, 2011