When people say “love is not enough” they mean “the emotion of love is not enough to sustain a relationship”, and of course it isn’t. The emotion cannot lift you in and out of the bathtub when you injure yourself, drive across the country with you for the sake of your dream, wrestle with hex wrenches to put together flatpack furniture for the

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What makes a relationship last isn’t compatibility. It’s willingness. Willingness to understand, to be patient, to stay curious about the person in front of you. Willingness to grow alongside them, even when it’s uncomfortable. Willingness to hold space for all the parts of them, the ones you admire and the ones you don’t fully understand yet. It’s... See more