Forever Young

Leo Buscaglia once said, ~Love can never grow old. Looks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hallow grows. But the heart that loves will know winter's frost and chill. Summer's warmth is with the still.~ If you think about it, love is considered to be the most beautiful living entity that even though it’s older than mankind itself it's absolutely ageless. For it's an ageless type of beauty that defines comprehension because the proverbial face of love isn't necessarily seen on covers of magazines or on television and movies screens, which are oftentimes targeting women...but I digress. Essentially, the face of love can't be seen from simply looking at the outward appearance where it can be definitely altered or enhanced by way of plastic/cosmetic surgery; instead, you have to look inwardly in the one place you can't change...the heart.

Without a doubt, we all want to share our lives with someone whose love will never grow old even though both of you will. When it comes to love it gives you the ability to see from within your heart the man or woman you met, fell for, and married 30, 40, 50, 60. or even 70 years ago and in your own mind he/she is still handsome/beautiful as ever. Look at your parents...as a matter of fact...look at your grandparents and see how they look at each other as you witness an ageless type of love that goes beyond the physical appearance that may have first attracted him to her and vice versa. You see, despite the changes in hair color, the lack of hair, a possible beer gut, sagging chest, dentures replacing perfect looking teeth, the big butt, or whatever the case may be it's the love within your heart that will always remain the same.

Let me ask you this question, have you ever truly experienced or are experiencing now an undying love that brings a seemingly lively, youthful glow to your face? It's a glow that is seen when an elderly man unexpectedly gives his elderly wife a kiss on the cheek and from the look on her face it makes her day worthwhile. You see her face brighten up, a big smile come over her face, and when she looks at him all-the-while reciprocating that kiss back you witness something that isn't seen much in today's generation of relationships. What might that be? It's a look of everlasting love where the excitement and electricity that usually dies out quickly in certain relationships today continues to have lasting effects after so many years to the point where it not only rejuvenates the heart, but also breathes new life within it as well.

Thinking about it, there is an aspect of immortality to love to the point where it withstands a seasonal pounding, so to speak. What do I mean? Essentially, when it comes to love or even heartbreak for that matter you can, in a sense, find your heart going through and/or experiencing the pleasantness, as well as, the harshness of the 4 seasons. In other words, when you meet someone it can feel like a blossoming spring-like growth where something fresh and new is cultivated. It also feels like a summer warmth where the chemistry between you and that particular person heats up. However, it can oftentimes feel like a blazing wintery storm as the painful heartbreak leaves you not only alone, but also cold deep within your heart to the point where you personally go through a tumultuous fall of sorts with your mood, emotions, and feelings.

In retrospect, to have a deeply devoted love that grows better with age is something of a rarity these days for two people who truly have a handle on it as there is a special kind of commitment that is established. A commitment in which there is not only a willingness where two people take time out to talk to each other, but there aren't any trust issues leading to the nagging belief that you or that person is hiding something. You have to remember a relationship, whether its committed or one bonded in marriage, is built on two individuals becoming one and not just two individuals in a loving relationship, which is so elusive for those unlucky few who are, in some ways, still in search of that special someone who is considered to be their own personal fountain of youth. In the end, I say to those couples who have a long lasting committed love that has never grown old within your heart, I hope it keeps you forever young.