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I have spent many a night contemplating my necessary requirements for
a life-long love relationship, and from this rumination came a list of
qualities which are important to me.
- Flexibility:
If a couple intend to stay together for the
duration of their lives, it is necessary for them to be flexible. Each
person needs to be understanding and supportive of his or her partner's
growth, learning, and changing throughout life. Inflexibility to change
creates a cage for a person.
- Acceptance:
If a person truly loves another, he will be
accepting of her true self (and vice versa). Acceptance means understanding
and appreciating another, and not trying to change that person for one's
own purposes.
- Trust:
In order for trust to be developed and enriched,
it is important for both people in a relationship to be completely honest
with each other. Honesty allows trust to strengthen their mutual bond.
- Supportive:
Life can be very difficult at times; no person
is immune to hardship and pain. I know that my soulmate is a person who
will give me emotional support and confidence when life is beating on me
too hard. This is a huge advantage of living life as a team.
- Appreciation for beauty:
I would very much like to share my love of
beauty with my soulmate. I think of nights spent gazing at the stars
above us, pre-dawn walks along the beach, and evenings spent huddled
together under a lonely tree, watching a fiery sunset.
- Intelligence and Maturity:
I've heard it said that small minds talk about people, average minds
talk about events, and great minds talk about ideas. My soulmate is
a 'great mind', with whom I look forward to spending many long nights
discussing philosophy, love, and life.
- Loving:
I believe that my soulmate is a person who, like myself, embraces the
spirit of God and works to understand Love and the Truth in all their
myriad forms.
- Loyalty and Faithfulness:
I think that betrayal by a person who is intimately trusted is one of the
most painful experiences that one can endure. For this reason it will be
necessary for my soulmate to be (as I will be) completely dedicated to
honesty and faithfulness between us.
These eight items may seem to be a rather lofty list, but I don't think
that these constraints are too high of a price to ask. I believe that there
are many people in this world who exhibit these qualities, as some of them
are my friends. In addition, I believe that I can offer my soulmate all
of these virtues and
more within myself. Tell me what YOU think.
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