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When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

This can be said for any relationship, even girlfriends. Relationships take tolerance, compassion and freedom. When we think another person should be something, do something or act a certain way, we need to examine ourselves. Is there a need that is not being met in this relationship? Is this a person you should be spending time with in the first place? Does this bring up your own issues of control?

And this goes into all areas. Not everyone is going to have the same spiritual beliefs you have. Not everyone is going to eat, breathe and walk the same way you do. And not everyone is going to laugh or cry at everything you laugh and cry at. In fact, not one person in this whole world is going to meet all of your needs. Not a man and not one girlfriend. And not one age group.

We all need each other. We need to stay open to all people in our lives who are giving and taking, loving and fussing and, most importantly, those who are encouraging us and having a positive role in our life.

A loving relationship encourages personal growth and change. A loving relationship encourages freedom in that growth and change.
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