To Love

There are so many different kinds of love.  To love unconditionally would be the ultimate. Most can not do this.  I try and of course I do not always succeed.  To me there are so many reasons to strive for this.  Each person we are connected to in whatever way, family, friend, coworker, etc. gives us something.  Something to learn, something to live by or not, something to laugh about or cry to. Something to think about, something to look at, something to realize like you just got smacked in the face.  No one is perfect but everyone offers something interesting.  I have lived for almost 53 years and I am still learning from others everyday, although I wish I could teach others about there foolishness, I can not always find a way to do that.  Nothing in this world is perfect and those who live expecting it should be,  are usually very sour.  A very important person who influenced my life used to say "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"  I think too many people do exactly that with relationships.  I have had relationships that could not be saved but I held on tight until I knew for sure it was best to let it go. There are relationships that should never be thrown down the drain so to speak, those relationships to me are family and friends, true friends, no matter the problem unless in the case of physical or mental abuse these relationships are who we are, they have molded us and given us joy, sadness, love, comfort, angst, laughter and tears.  They are golden and should be treated as such, maybe needing some polishing but always of great value.