Wednesday, September 14, 2011

“Being in Love” vs. True Love

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life.

It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Ceasing to feel “in love” with someone does not mean that you have to stop loving them.

Love in a second sensetrue love, as distinguished from “being in love”is not merely a feeling. It is maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

People can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; even when each might easily “fall in love” with someone else.

- C.S. Lewis

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