6 phrases more important than love .....................

It's one of the most sought after phrases in the world. The things people will do to hear someone say, "I love you" have surprised us in countless stories, movies and songs. The things people will do for someone who loves them are equally as astounding.

Why do we love hearing, "I love you" so much? Maybe it’s the promise of holding a place in someone's heart, or the awakening knowledge of a new significance you hold in someone's life. Often it's the phrase expressed before a relationship takes its next step, the expression that one is loved for all their silly quirks, for their looks, for their heart, or for who they are (the good, the bad, and the imperfection). People thrive off that idea, that they are enough, that they are someone's everything.

We love to be loved.

So why then is love such a complicated thing? Why do people who say they love each other split? Why do marriages end? Why are love songs sometimes sad? Why do broken hearts exist? How can a person who was once your everything, become a stranger, or even an enemy?

Is it because love is ultimately bad? Or even a fleeting feeling, that only some people are lucky enough to experience forever?

There are six phrases that I think are as important, and possibly more important than "I love you." Phrases that I think we should all hear from those we are close to. Phrases that should be as important to us as a declaration of love.

1. "I forgive you."

2. "I'll sacrifice for you."

3. "I respect you."

4. "I'll support you."

5. "I'll protect you." 

6. "I'm committed to you." 

In an ideal, perfect world, I truly believe that all these attributes come together as one and are expressed through pure and unconditional charity. It is a trait we should all strive to develop. But from my experience, we are human, and we fall short of this perfection -- even towards those we love.

If true love was all that we needed, love wouldn't be so hard and relationships wouldn't fall apart so easy.

The truth is there are lot of people you can love, but very few relationships that you can make last forever. That's why a person is capable of loving someone more than life but knowing deep inside that it would never work. That is why people are capable of walking away from those they love. That is why someone can give up a life full of love for a single moment of weak and selfish pleasure. That is why people lie, steal and cheat to, from and on those they love. (Source)