Always protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.

Everywhere you go, there are people in relationships. Holding hands, smooching it up, or... arguing. Sometimes though, I ask myself , what makes a relationship successful? This question isn't answered easily, especially due to the fact that everyone has a different personality, therefore having different types of relationships. When you walk through the halls at school, or down the street, when you're browsing through facebooks, the most annoying couples are the ones that act like they're 13. Being so in love, making everything about themselves; the other person. Come on guys, you know exactly what I'm talking about! The "mature young adults" who post on each others facebook walls about 7 times everyday saying, "babyyy I miss youuu", "I cant waittt to see youu" , "sweetie, I lovee youuu". The couples who call each other every second of the day just to talk about nothing for hours. The relationships where you lose your friends because of your significant other holding onto you too tight. Get over yourselves. Gag. That is not what a relationship should be about. Yes you should love a person, yes you should miss a person, but not to the point where it is choking your very existence as an individual. Being so infatuated with another person, that you don't know who YOU are, is unhealthy. I hope this isn't a wake up call for most of us, but for some of us, it will be. What happens when you entrust all of your happiness in someone else? Once that person is gone, POOF, your little la la land is shattered. All of your happiness is deceased, but in reality, you shouldn't of had that person as the source of your happiness in the first place. They should be an ADDITION to your happiness. Someone that makes your day a little bit brighter, not the only sun in your sky. "Don't ever place your happiness in someone elses hands, because once they're gone, so is your happiness." Too many have experienced this too many times, and we neeeeeeed to learn from our mistakes.

The best type of relationship is someone who is your best friend. Someone who is comfortable with YOUR friends, and vice versa. Someone who you can completely be yourself around and have them not judge you. Someone who you can be GREAT with, but also someone who you can be apart from, and still be a GREAT strong person. Your significant other should be someone who supports your dreams and your goals, not someone who drags you down, or pulls you away from what you want in life. Your significant other should be someone who makes your a better person. That's simply what it comes down to. If your partner is dragging you down, then the relationship is a terrible drag. Relationships should not be a tug-o-war. You should compliment one another.

Truthfully what is love??
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. -1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Isn't that what we should all strive for? A pure, perfect love?

Speaking from personal experience: 'Here's to finding love that builds you up, instead of breaking you down.'