love over lust

Feelings are fleeting. They’re impacted by our moods, hormones, sleep schedule even how much water we drank today. So if we only loved when we felt like it, no relationship would survive the first real argument.

Love that lasts is love that’s chosen, again and again.

You choose to love your partner even when you’re angry at them. You choose to love them when they don’t look like the person you first met. You choose to love them when life is boring, when the routine sets in and when the spark fades.

That choice « that decision » is the foundation that keeps love alive.

But, What Does It Mean to Love in This Generation?

To love in this generation means going against the current and choosing depth in a world that celebrates surface.

It means being intentional not just getting to know someone’s favorite color, but understanding their fears, their past and their silence.

It means loving someone when it’s not convenient. When you’re tired. When your ego is loud. When you’re tempted to run.

It means staying when everyone tells you to leave. Not out of weakness, but out of strength. Because you believe in building, not just consuming.

It means asking yourself,

“Do I love them or do i love how they make me feel?”

It means being brave enough to show up, over and over again, even when the butterflies are gone and all that’s left is the quiet, steady work of choosing someone.

Love isn’t just about finding the right person it’s about choosing to stay when the easy option is to leave.

That’s what it means to love today.