The tests of love (Is your love real?)

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People are stuck between the thought of "Follow your heart" and "Heart is deceitful. Truly, our hearts can be so deceitful. We can easily fall for someone who are sweet to us, or show concern to us. We may also be going out with someone, talk with them 24 hours a day, complete with all the "Good morning" and "Good night". But how can we really know if what's between you and someone is REAL romantic love? Here are the tests of love that we can use to examine ourselves if we really are in love with someone: 1. Test of Knowledge - It is very important for us to really know the person we want to spend forever with. Do we really know them well? Do we know how they respond toward success and failures? Are they true to their selves? And most of all, do we accept them for who they really are? Some people gets "turned off" just because their partner showed an attitude or something that they don't like. Because of it, breakups happen.. but that isn't true love. True love is accepting people for who they really are, and bringing out the best in them. If we are not the ones who will believe that they can change, who else will? 2. Test of Time - There are instances that people need to wait for some time to be together with their partner. It may be because of studies, or any other reasons. For example, a girl needs to graduate a degree first before she's allowed to enter into a relationship. If the man cannot wait for the right time, he doesn't really love the girl. True love is patient. It is willing to wait, when the time is right, and when everything is right. Everything has its own time and season. 3. Test of Space - Some, or even most "Long Distance Relationships" or LDR end with painful breakups. They say that "love becomes cold" or "we don't feel the sparks anymore". I believe that true love cannot be broken by long distances. True love is by the heart and soul, and not by the location. To sum everything up, true love is a commitment. It is a decision. It is committing to really love people regardless of the time, space, or any new thing that we may know about them. If our "love" fades, it's not really love. It may be just an emotion. We will know if our love is true if it is not fading as years go by, instead, grows stronger because of the tests and circumstances it faced.