i must confess that corey and i are big fans of the bachelorette. we watch it religiously every monday night with our beer and a huge pile of laundry that needs to be folded.
so every week the guys and the lovely bachelorette ali, are constantly talking about how they feel like they are falling in love. this is usually declared while they are on some grand, exciting date such as, a picnic dinner on the top of a castle watching the sunset or a romantic helicopter ride around glaciers. and every time they say that i think to myself, god love ya but let me tell you this what you are feeling may be a very nice feeling but it most likely is not love.
those of you who have been in love/are in love know that real love is not a "feeling." real love is getting up in the middle of the night with your sick baby. or catching your kids vomit in your hands because they wont make it to the bathroom/bucket and you have no more sheets left because you have already changed them twice. or watching sportcenter with your hubby even though you can't stand it because he likes it. or sometimes when you are so angry with your husband you could run him over with your car but you don't.
so you see love is not a feeling at all. because i can tell you allot of things you do for love you most defiantly don't feel like doing. love is choosing to put the feelings before your own.
oh and p.s. i hope ali chooses chris l. he is so cute and has his mom's (who passed away a year ago) signature tattooed on his side.
This reminds me of a CS Lewis quote: "Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will."
ReplyDeleteThis was cute Joanna! I like Chris too, but she is going to pick roberto
ReplyDeleteUmmm, if love is catching your kids vomit in your hand I aint getting married! Or I guess I'll marry a woman who can handle that for me :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I like Chris too.
sorry to burst all your bubbles, but I don't think she picks anyone!
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