I grew up with very Disney ideas of love. I believed I would find myself a prince and it would be love at first sight.
As an adult looking back, I realize that real life isn’t like in fictional settings. I’m an avid reader. There have been so many times where I wanted the love of my life to catch me as I fell from tripping and the moment our eyes meet, we’re in love.
I spent my 20’s dating with that Disney thought process but now as a seasoned adult, I see the world with more clarity.
Love at first sight sounds like a beautiful thing. The problem is one person can feel the love and the other person can possibly not even want love to find them.
I thought about who I am and decided that I still believe in love at first sight but not in the ways we have been taught to see it.
Love at first sight, for me, is showing love to a person from the first moment I meet them. If I have intentions on building a relationship, I want them to experience the love I have from the moment we meet.
This doesn’t mean that I’m head over heels, goo-goo eyed blind to the person. It means that I bring my whole self to the relationship from start so that you can experience knowing who I am from jump. It means that if someone can hate another on sight, I can spread love on sight.
It can be difficult to show your whole self to strangers but think of the avalanche of authenticity flowing through the population, creating more self-love and love for us all.
What is your definition of love at first sight?
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