What if we didnt say I love you? What if we stopped being cliché, and acknowledged that love really IS an action, and that, sometimes, saying I love you is no less odd than repeating I hold your hand to somebody that you rarely do? What if we only allowed ourselves to say it when it was paired with something we did? Something that was a real act toward the other person that benefited them, but had little or no benefit to ourselves? Love. Maybe we inconvenienced ourselves, maybe we took a risk, maybe we sacrificed, maybe we looked like a fool, for nothing other than the benefit and blessing it gave to the other person. Then we really did love, and saying I love you becomes a reminder and a promise, rather than a cliché. My wife, Barbie, and I will have laughed, cried, hoped, and, yes, loved, through 20 years of marriage on this Sunday the 14th. Though I say I love you to her often, there have been many, many times where I really didnt have the right to say it, because I hadnt loved her; I hadnt sacrificed my own wants or image in order to do something for her that didnt benefit me directly. I can, however, with complete confidence and no hesitation, tell you that Barbie has loved me for every single one of the 7,303 days that have passed since we married each other 20 years ago. There are no words sufficient enough. Sometimes love is a note, a meal, an act of service, a schedule rearranged, a phone call, a hug, a kiss, or standing in the pouring rain so that somebody wont be alone...and, yes, sometimes love is saying I love you when its all they need to hear. Barbie, I made this video for you. I love you.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:49:47 +0000
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