Love is NOT enough

   Love!  There it is!  That short, four letter word that is oh so powerful.  It has the power to make you feel good and often times so special.  It can make you feel like you're on top of the world when it's from a certain person and keep you going.  However, lack of love has the power to make you feel bad, sad, lonely, depressed, and even make you feel that you can't and may not want to go on with life.  There is no doubt that it is a very powerful word but is love alone enough to keep a relationship going?  People that love each other divorce everyday, people that love each other sometimes don't even speak to each other or want to see each other.

     I don't feel as if it is.  Everyone reading has been in a relationship with someone and I'm very sure that you loved that person.  I bet you have broken up with someone that you loved.  Love isn't enough to make it through the hard times.  You have to have good memories to hold onto.  When you look back on the relationship you won't visualize the love; you'll see the good times that you had together, all of the laughter and fun times, the love taps passed back and forth, the kisses, the special occasions.

     You have to have trust.  Love is nothing but a complete vulnerability to another person.  You give another person the complete ability to destroy you but you are trusting them not to.  Believe it or not you can love a person and not trust them.  Let it be known that it'll never work without that trust.

     Some readers may disagree and the beauty of that is that you can comment your thoughts on this topic below.  Let me know if you agree or not.