Why Love Is Just Not Enough • Jun 02, 2008
Loving someone and being loved in return, along with good health and financial independence, are among the things that people most desire to have in their lives. Being in a loving relationship makes us feel happy, safe and secure.
Love gives us a sense of achievement and enables us to balance the stresses and strains in our lives with the knowledge that there’s someone there to offer support in times of crisis and share those moments of happiness.
Life couldn’t get any better…
….then things may start to get a little shaky.
If you’ve reached the stage of consulting a relationship coach or counsellor, you’re probably at the stage where reality has bitten!
Whether it’s just nipped at your ankles or laid into your thigh with a big, toothy munch, you are experiencing some sort of uncertainty, stress or crisis in your relationship.
You may have lost that loving feeling. You may have started to question what you see in your partner. You flit between loving them and loathing them. One minute you want to be with them, the next minute you wish you were miles apart. You’re confused and puzzled as to why suddenly, it all seems to have gone wrong.
The reason is because love is not enough.
That’s right. You read it correctly.
“LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH!”
It doesn’t matter what the Beatles or thousands of other musicians have sung. The true facts of life is that, while love is a very important part of a relationship, without other things, all you’ll ever have is a dream which never quite comes true.
To help bolster and boost love, you need trust, respect, fidelity, passion and focus in your relationship. Without these, all you will ever have is a two-dimensional love affair.
Here’s another reason why love is not enough:
