The greatest of these

It’s easy to be in love with the idea of love. The rainbow unicorn feeling that makes stars comes out of your eyes and makes butterflies flutter through your stomach.

It’s harder to actually love. To wake up in the middle of the night to answer a scared small voice. To not curse out the driver who cut you off. To endure work every day to support the ones at home. To lay your life down only to realize you have found it. To empty self, to love with sacrifice, and find redemption in the end. Harder. But worth it.