Love is a choice

An event happened today and after a critical thought about it, I realized loving someone is more of a choice than a feeling. If love is to remain, then it must come with a decision one has made and not the feeling that encompasses the idea of love. It's amazing how individuals have choices of partners known as specs. And most often these specs are so high that virtually nobody fits into them and we have to settle with the one that has something similar but not exactly it, and other times something completely different.

I was looking at two couples today, a very tall lady and a short guy. The lady is well to do compared to the man and she's beautiful too. The man is handsome but he has been a drunkard for a long time and he lost his good looks 😊. The wife wants him to change, but she loves him regardless and is doing everything possible to ensure she represents him and herself while proving how much she loves him. It got me thinking how this beautiful lady who's well to do ended up marrying someone like him and wasn't bothered about his misbehavior and wasn't ashamed. Everyone would say it's true love, but beyond that, she made a choice to accept who he is and live with him.

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If we love(the feeling )someone but haven't made a choice to love(accept) them , then there's a possibility the relationship would be shaken by the waves and storms and the ship might experience a wreck. The experience changed my perspective about waiting for the goosebumps and the butterfly in the stomach , but to love someone I've chosen to face the storm of life with. To love someone because I've chosen them. This also speaks about the love of God for mankind, he called us his chosen people and that's why he loves us regardless. Love may hold different definition to different people, but i consider it to be a choice, choosing to love one person among the millions in the world