The Daily Motivator

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What Does It Mean to Be a Lover?

By Barbara De Angelis

What does it mean to be a lover? It is more than just

being married to or making love to someone. Millions of

people are married, millions of people have sex - but few

are real lovers. To be a real lover, you must commit to

and participate in a perpetual dance of intimacy with your

partner.

You are a lover when you appreciate the gift that your

partner is, and celebrate that gift every day.

You are a lover when you remember that your partner

does not belong to you - he or she is on loan from the

universe.

You are a lover when you realize that nothing that

happens between you will be insignificant, that everything

you say in the relationship has the potential to cause your

beloved joy or sorrow, and everything you do will either

strengthen your connection or weaken it.

You are a lover when you understand all this, and thus

wake up each morning filled with gratitude that you have

another day in which to love and enjoy your partner.

When you have a lover in your life, you are richly

blessed. You have been given the gift of another person

who has chosen to walk beside you. He or she will share

your days and your nights, your bed and your burdens. Your

lover will see secret parts of you that no one else sees.

He or she will touch places on your body that no one else

touches. Your lover will seek you out where you have been

hiding, and create a haven for you within safe, loving

arms.

Your lover offers you an abundance of miracles every

day. He has the power to delight you with his smile, his

voice, the scent of his neck, the way he moves. She has

the power to banish your loneliness. He has the power to

turn the ordinary into the sublime. She is your doorway to

heaven here on earth.