Matters of the Heart

  Matters of the heart most often defy logic. Love is the most confusing of all our emotions, because love gets lost in feelings. The logic of the mind and a broken heart are about as different as night is to day. Most people don't understand love, and have never heard a concise definition of it. Love, in it's purest sense, is to put another person before yourself. That is true love in a nutshell, making someone more important then yourself. It is that simple, and yet so difficult to do. It is unnatural for us to put anyone before ourselves, mostly because trusting another fully is so hard to do. Even within the family, breakdowns of communication are common.
  Unfortunately, the kind of dedication it takes to put another first is rare, even in the best of marriages. We are by nature, a prideful selfish lot. Oddly enough, it is in the most horrible of places where we can see this kind of love and dedication displayed. It is played out on the battlefields of history, where one man gives his life in an attempt to save another.
  But you can find true love without going to war, because I have this friend who you can always trust. One who never fails. One who has already been willing to give his life for mine. People will let you down, they almost always do. But I have this friend who I trust so much, he knows my frailties and my deepest forebodings. Ask me about him, and I'll be glad to introduce you.