We all are thrilled when we find a relationship and finally feel the stirrings of true love. It feels wonderful and we are very happy. But only for a while. Then some distance seems to grow between us and the feeling of true love starts to waver.
How do we keep true love thriving in our relationship over the long haul? How do we stop from losing that great feeling and maybe losing our mate?
There are lots of answers and issues to consider when it comes to true love. There is definitely not one simple answer to keeping true love going strong.
This article will focus on one thing. And that is that keeping true love requires you to be real and authentic with your mate. One way to do this is to take off your mask.
We all wear masks. For example, some of us are good girls. We try not to argue, try not to make waves, try to be pleasing and helpful. Others of us wear independent masks. We try to appear like we’ve got it together, we’ve got it handled, we don’t need help. There is nothing wrong with these masks.
Yet, when it comes to true love, wearing our masks in the relationship can get in the way. Being a good girl is nice, but sometimes you cant just go along with your mate. Sometimes you need to have conflict and you need to stand up for what you want, not just pleasing your partner. And sometimes you have to make sure you are getting pleased, not just doing all the pleasing.
And the independent strong type needs to learn to take off that mask and let their partner in. To be vulnerable and discuss the parts of yourself wear you feel stress and not so together.
Whatever your favorite masks, for true love, you will need to take them off in your relationship and be real and authentic. True love is about being true to yourself and your mate. You have to risk showing sides of yourself that feel scary or vulnerable. Your mate cant love all of you if you try to hide all of you from them.
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