being 'in love is like going to your happy danceplace

[everlong]

Contrary to what some may have us belive ‘being in love’ is a glorious state, and, in several ways, good for us.

 

It helps to make us generous and courageous, it opens our eyes not only to the beauty of the beloved but to all beauty… Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing.

 

There are many things below it, but there are also many things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling.

 

Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity; or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go. But of course ceasing to be ‘in love’ need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense–love as distinct from ‘being in love’–is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit

[laRubiaBonita]

are you drunk-typing tonight?

[ChampionSound]

I am *drunk typing* too, and I love what what was said there. Everlong, check out 'the road less travelled' by scott peck for a vast and enlightening expansion of what you're saying. There are some things that are just true, and it hits hard when you discover them.