Living happily ever after

Recently I was incredibly fortunate to fall in love. A brief affair but love so deep that it did not hurt at all.

Being the eternal scholar that I am it taught me a lot. Ofcourse it takes a long time to truly love someone and not your mental image of them. But there are so many different types of love. The attachment a mother has for her child. Friendship. The playfulness between owner and puppy. This list is a long one!

The sort of love I experienced was what he stirred up in Me. Hope in others, humbleness within myself, passion and the encouragement to continue to be a dreamer of sorts and a seeker of more. What else could a girl ask for?

The lucky man has since moved back home to a far-away land after graduating from university. I couldn't bring myself to say good-bye and conveniently was not in town for that farewell visit. But later I wrote to him to say, from when we first met, I had known he would be leaving so I had no expectations but thanked him for what he had 'given' me. He replied lovingly; grateful that neither of us were trying to fit this relationship 'into a box'. Love is true freedom, freedom is true love.

I am a better person thanks to this guy being true to himself.

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