"we are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love.
it is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person."
-W. Somerest Maugham
my dear mother gave me this quote last week, and thank goodness she did. i have done an awful lot of thinking concerning the matter of change, love, and people this week. how vital it is that we recognize the change in ourselves as we begin to venture out in loving those around us. recognize the change in oneself, but also in the one you love. the last line of the quote is sheer brilliance; naturally, we must all be able to love a changed person simply because we, ourselves, are at constant change.
it's only fair.
loving a changed person can demand forgiveness or require you to step outside the box. loving a changed person can also require acceptance, patience, forgetting, hope, trust, sympathy, an understanding, and work.
really my friends, let your hearts be humbled. love grows through humility.
remember we are all "changing" together.
loving someone should come easy.
forget the things that keep you from loving someone sincerely.
life is too short. love is too strong. and change is a perfect thing.
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