Finding your life partner can be somewhat of a challenging quest. Some people are lucky enough to know from the very beginning that they have found that special one and only. Others are not so certain from the beginning. The knowing comes later. Others feel that they know only to be very disappointed later in life.
For these reasons, I am always very excited when I hear advice or quotes on finding your true love.
Wow what powerful words that I found in a forum comment! Loving Jesus in AZ had a wonderful comment to a question about reasons why we marry. She stated that a friend once told her
Don’t marry the man you can live with, marry the one you can’t live without.
I think that these words are very true. In finding someone that we can simply live with, we are settling. In many cases people settle for something less than true love. They are afraid to not marry who they consider to be “adequate”. They fear having to wait for that googly-eye love. They are scared that either that type of love does not exist or that they will never find it. Therefore they marry someone that they can tolerate and live with. However, this type of relationship usually cannot with stand the trials and tribulations of life.
While in the comments, the ladies did admit that physically (your heart still beats and you will continue to breathe) you can live without anyone. However, the phrase is referring to your emotional well being and happiness. Can you feel emotionally complete without your partner? Can you be truly happy without your partner? Can you imagine yourself carrying out daily activities without your partner? If you answered “no” to these questions listed above then you have found someone that you cannot live without.
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