WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE, MANY OF US HAVE THINGS A TAD BACKWARDS; WHAT WE VIEW AS IDEALISTIC IS NOT IDEAL AT ALL, AND WHAT WE VIEW AS REALISTIC SHOULD NOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE DARK PARTS OF OUR IMAGINATION. TRUE LOVE WAS AND IS MEANT TO BE PERFECT; SHARED BETWEEN TWO IMPERFECT PEOPLE WHO ARE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER. THIS IS THE REALITY OF LOVE; IT SHOULD NEVER BE “IDEAL” TO LOVE SOMEONE WITH THIS MUCH PASSION AND INTENSITY; THIS SHOULD BE THE MOST REALISTIC FORM OF LOVE ONE CAN SHARE AND EXPERIENCE. WE MUST STOP SETTLING FOR THE “REALISTIC” IMITATIONS OF LOVE AND REACH FOR WHAT OTHERS VIEW AS IDEALISTIC, EMBRACING IT AS OUR REALITY.