Many believe that love at first sight is a form of magic, perhaps the work of serendipity. I, however, feel that of all the many experiences of love; first sight is the most facetious. I have experienced it once or twice with a stranger whose appearance pleased me, and whose behaviors turned out to be much less satisfying to my taste.
Consider, however, that when one meets a soul mate, that true love and life partner, that he or she, at first, is completely naive to the fate at hand. I think of the moment I met my husband…how extraordinary a moment, one that would change my life forever. And yet, it passed as any other moment in time, seemingly without consequence.
I was not rendered dumb by his stature, his title, or his magnitude. I was never more free to act, think, and speak as myself with no pretense or play to feign something more appealing to him. Perhaps the most gratifying love is not one born from the eye, but one created by the attraction of one soul to another. What brilliant, enduring love that stems from the truth of who we are and what we desire.
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