Of all the emotions known to man, nothing is more cherished, more longed- for yet despised and accursed by others, than love. Volumes of books, worlds of poetry and countless stories have been written about the different kinds of love. How love appears to men and women of all ages is in itself a literature of its own.

To love and be loved by another is a feeling that baffled mankind ever since, making some ancient philosophers, like Euripides, declare “He is not a lover, he who does not love forever.” Plato described the influence of love in people’s hearts as “ love leaves footprints in our hearts and we are never ever the same.” The power of love to change people ( for better or for worse) was thus summed up by an anonymous author who said,” I love you, three words that could change our lives forever but with you, I would take my chance.”

People who are in love expect to remain in love forever. Many were like Dottie Kineally who said,” Love is forever, and if it doesn’t last forever, it’s not love.” Another English poet was quoted as saying,” Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” The state of two people who are deeply in love with each other can be stated as “Two lives, two hearts, joined together in friendship, united forever in love.”

Yet not all love relationships that begin well, end well, owing to human imperfections. We cannot but take notice and be confounded with the sudden change of emotions among former lovers. What sweetness there was between two hearts who were in love, there is nothing but bitterness and hatred. David Bissonette once remarked,”I recently read that love is a matter of chemistry. This might be the reason why my wife treats me like toxic waste!” To prevent this from happening to you, let “ love continue to be blind and have friendship close its eyes.”