It makes me wonder, sometimes, why people find long distance relationships so disheartening. I can understand how people may find it difficult if there are preceding aspects of their relationship that are a detriment and having problems henceforth. However, I feel it is unfair to blame distance.
Distance has the ability to be such a beautiful thing if you let it. If you take a relationship that is pure; that is not tainted by lies, deceit, and abuse, but rather love, honesty, and sincerity; it will take you and your relationship to completely different levels.
Can you imagine? Leaving the person you love. Wanting so desperately for them to change their minds and stay with you, knowing it is completely selfish of you. They turn to you and look at you so deep, almost as if they are leaving an imprint on your soul, on your heart. They tell you they'll be back. They turn and walk away.. and at that very moment you are so desperate for them to come running back to you, but you know they can't.
As humans, we desire what we cannot have, what is in our reach but not quite in the palm of our hands.You don't realize it when it's happening, but it is in your nature to behave this way. Then you acknowledge that being that far, only makes you miss them that much more. Your communication skills come to a peak. You call/text each other every day. You talk about the most irrelevant events that happened throughout your day. Anything, even the cereal you ate. Suddenly you realize you like the same cereal, hate the same song, love that same feeling you both get when you see the others name pop up on that cell phone screen. Those simple five minute conversations, turn into ten, twenty, and then somehow hours. Then it's that warmth. That comfort in knowing you have someone that will be there to listen to anything you have to say. The comfort in knowing that someone will actually care about how upset you were that you got lost in traffic, how happy you were that your dog learned a new trick, how angry you were that your boss said that snooty comment. The comfort in knowing that person will try to make you feel better or share your excitement.
Then all of a sudden, you're running up your phone bill without even knowing it. You're falling asleep on the phone and waking up to a text. That cereal makes you think of them. That funny comment they made about your boss makes you giggle at work, that same road you got lost on instantly brings a smile to your face. You're there, just when you thought you couldn't possibly feel a stronger connection, you've fallen for them.
The day's here. They're coming back. Then it's those excruciatingly long four minutes before they're in your arms again. All you can do is smile and have that weird love-hate relationship with the butterflies in your stomach. Then you see them, you couldn't run fast enough. To hold them in your arms, it's an indescribable feeling of being complete. You're an item, a whole. And you can't imagine it having ever been another way.
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