Lent 2014, Day 15: Love communicates

Well, I have been a little uninspired of late... Which explains why I'm updating for the past three days all at once again. Anyway, after watching Divergent last night I've been a quite absorbed in reading Insurgent and so that's where my mind is. Here are a couple thoughts from what I've read so far – relationships, especially of the romantic variety, are not all sunshine and daisies. I've been told before that fairy-tales and chick-flicks fill women's heads with the notion that “happily ever after” is easy, that if it's hard then it isn't “true love.” But I believe that if we would teach our children that loving someone is not the same as liking them and all their behaviors ALL the time, that loving someone is not just a feeling of attraction and passion and completeness but rather a decision, an often daily choice... Then the idea of “happily ever after” would involve “true love” because it was truly worked on, kept up, and communicated often. My issue with Tris & Tobias so far (*spoiler alert* If you haven't read about 400 pgs into Insurgent, you may want to stop reading now.) is that they “love” each other, but they are not completely open and honest with each other. This drives me crazy! I know that it must be hard (I've never done this myself), but I truly feel openness and honesty are a huge part of a real, lasting foundation in an intimate relationship. In fact, how can you have true, pure intimacy without honesty? … Sorry, my thoughts for the day are a little deep...