What is your "comfort" in a relationship?

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As I was responding to mjmlagat's discussion on what I see in a rainbow, it made me think about how we take comfort in things such as that. Some people take comfort in religion, some people take comfort in food, and sadly some people take comfort in alcohol. I have grown to learn that comfort is an essential part of a relationship and one of the main things we seek from it. Because I am in a long distance relationship, comfort can be quite hard to find at times when I really need my girlfriend around. Sometimes, being there for you just isn't enough, and especially when I was in France and Belgium on a school trip, it was hard to be without her when I never have been for more than a day or two at most. We would have no contact whatsoever, not even a text message. I knew how hard it was going to be for the both of us to cope, as normally we are inseparable. I took comfort in the moon, and to this day, still do. I told her that I wanted her to think of me first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, and I told her that to do that, she needed to look at the Sun and the moon. She didn't understand. I told her that she knew I was with her when she looked at the moon because I would be looking at it at exactly the same time, and then we'd both be looking at it - even if I couldn't be with her right at that moment. Amazingly, it worked and even now, whenever I see the moon, she is the first thing I think about. Do you have anything like that in your relationship? Something which reminds you of your other half, your significant other, or maybe just a relative or close friend? How do you cope with being separated from the important people in your life, or do you not find it so hard?