Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
- Amelia Earhart
Love does not mean pleasure. To understand the difference between love and pleasure one has to understand the difference between liking and loving.
You like because of. You love in spite of.
People or things you love do not always give you pleasure. On the contrary. They will give you pain too.
Why? The more pleasure they give you, the more pain you will feel when that pleasure is missing. And it will be missing from time to time because life is change. As time passes or conditions change, the things or people you love might not be always there as you want them to be, when you want them to be.
There is no love without pain.
Being happy is realizing you will be unhappy from time to time too. So, love despite the reality of life that what you love might periodically give you pain.
Happiness is not a destination, nor a journey.
It is the condition of your journey.
- Dr Ichak Adizes, The Myths of Life
