Love vs. Distance

In this day and age, with such available accessibility...
Love has yet another obstacle to tackle.
These days, you hear of 'German mixed Koreans' in relationships with 'Pakistani mixed South Americans'. Multi-racial relationships are common.
Love seems to transcend race, oceans, continents, even dimensions.
Long distant relationships are common and partners now are use to being separated for months at a time, often due to individual career paths.
I use to think it impossible to survive and cope in a long distance relationship, believing it was inconceivable to 'be with someone' and yet feel lonely most of the time.
I like to share thoughts, events of the day and cuddles in front of the TV most nights.
But lately, I see the benefits of personal time and lesser distractions, especially if the relationship inspires each other to pursue their goals.
I remember a friend asking me once, "Charm, most of the things you do in a day, do you find the need to tell someone about it? I mean do u think if only u knew, it would mean less?"
Strange question I know, but it did get me thinking...
Some couples get that way, they share every little single detail of the day, relying on the reaction of their partner to justify or rate their doings.
Almost as if they didn't know why or how or when for themselves.
Distance eliminates all those daily nitty gritty...
Be it on the phone or through emails...Lovers talk about caressing each other, looking into one another's eyes, kissing, hugging, planning when to see each other again.
I heard a saying once...
"Being in love is giving someone your heart and trusting they won't break it."
Distance gives that trust a whole new dimension.
It's almost like sharing a beautiful secret, across borders, over mountains.
Believing that even though each of you are experiencing something extremely different, be it culture or time zones, you are both still working together on a connection you two believe links your hearts.
And eventually, when both your paths cross again, there is much more appreciation of the presence of being.
Being able to feel each other's skin, touch each other again, make breath-taking love.
And the wonderful shift in knowing that trust and love was well worth it simply because wherever we were,when you weren't together and whoever we were with....
both parties just wanted to be with each other instead and patiently willed it so.
That shared vision leads down the sweet path of manifestation
and what we focus on, we will eventually become....

So maintain focus... and follow your Heart.
Love manifests in strange ways.