Aside from the basic purpose of life to survive, one needs a purpose in life that keeps them on track. A purpose determines how one treats every experience and relationship that is encountered in life. The besides the laws laid down by societies to govern human social interaction, there are things that we tend to block out of our lives as the everyday stress of working for a living, raising a family, and such crowd our thoughts and actions. We can only do our best and no more. We have to know what that best is and we need to strive to always be our best, which is integrity. We need to seek to give our most in our relationships, which means showing our true feelings without reservation, which is love. We need to keep our minds clear of prejudices and be objective in our criticisms, which is honesty. We need to express our thoughts in their purest forms, absent from belief, which is openness. When we find we have committed an act (verbal or physical) which is false then we need to express that we did so and seek atonement, which is humility. So in short we should maintain a purpose of love, honesty, openness, and integrity. Keeping this purpose will set you free of all the guilt and deception that occupies the lives of those who don't. As we begin to live a life of purpose that is free of the pitfalls of our old lives, then the expression of our true beings and feelings becomes a charging force, keeping us living in a higher state of energy and well being.

Not all experiences in life are happy experiences, some are devastatingly sad. If you can't feel the sad then you can't feel the happy either. To numb your self from one set of feelings numbs you from feeling anything. To love another is a tremendous joy and to loose that loved one is an experience of absolute sorrow. If you are not open and honest with those around you they cannot experience who you really are and you shut yourself off from knowing them as well. People do not love strangers, they only exist in the same space and time, interacting to get what they believe they need from the other. Love is not a concept to use with others to manipulate them into being bonded to you for your needs. Love is only present in a relationship when each party recognizes that their own needs are not dependant upon others and that they are free to be themselves in the relationship.

People do not fall out of love because they have become too familiar with that person through time. They stop feeling as the chains of bondage weigh down and cover up the true feelings. Whether out of jealousy, fear, or some other belief riddled need to control and manipulate; the net effect is that they stop expressing themselves to each other.

The truth is always there, waiting to be experienced and acknowledged.
You can either see it in the twinkle of an eye or spend your entire life groping in the darkness.