DEVOTION

Too many people are afraid of the word devotion. They do not understand exactly what the word means, or, they think that it is too much to ask for one person, or they think that it is like total surrender of their individuality, or they think that it is ‘old school’….

Devotion comes with love, if it is real love. It means that you are in that love for better, worse, or any of the many scenarios it will bring with it, it means that you will stand beside each other through thick and thin, richer or poorer, sickness and health, right or wrong. It means that you so love this person that your rightful place is beside them…

Devotion does not mean worship or relinquishing your person. Devotion means that you care enough to be there for the person you chose to love. It means that this person is worthy of your time, mind, touch, and, care. It means that you share of yourself as you would for yourself, period….

A devoted couple shares a lifetime of events, feelings, and experiences, hand in hand, side by side, mind by mind, heart by heart… They go the distance together and for each other. It is the essentiality of their love, personified by the actions they carry out, all the while with the other person’s interests in tow…

Devotion is not sappy, it is substance. Substance which binds two people together that they have security in their love and lives. Substance which prevails in the face of adversity and hard times. Substance which melds their beings into one, therefore, doing unto each other as they would have done unto themselves. It is a fairness and a compliance of true affection…

Devotion is loyalty. Loyalty is worth more than one can imagine, for it is lack of loyalty which tears relationships of every kind to shreds that it cannot be rebuilt. Loyalty is assurance of commitment and action on that commitment. Loyalty is honoring another as you would have them honor you. It is respect. It is a very substantial part of devotion, as without it, there is no love, friendship; there is no relationship…

Devotion is so important to relationships that if two do not understand its meaning or purpose, they will eventually see that something is missing, but, not understanding devotion, they might not be sure what exactly is missing, until it is too late…

Some words carry so much impact that people have eradicated them from their lives and minds and actions, for fear of them, and for fear of not appearing cool, or whatever. This is a mistake, for words such as devotion, with its mighty impact, can make life all the sweeter, all the more full of love, all the more worthy of living, as your relationship will grow to heights such as you can only imagine.

This word, devotion, and many others are imperative to love. Love cannot fully grow, flow, or show without the essential elements which allow it to do so. People should understand the words associated with love, they should combine the words of love, and act on these words which comprise love, for only then will they see love in its full realm, with its ever beautiful power emerging into their lives, which will result in actual ecstasy for the remainder of life….