Writing -> Papers -> Rant.04. How to Love Consciously : The BridgeMaker. The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. – Gilbert Chesterton Knowing how someone wants to be loved and then providing that love are two separate things.
Sometimes marriages and other relationships end because either one person does not understand how to love or meet the needs of the other; or one partner refuses to meet the needs of the other. To love consciously is a choice. Mary Beth and I often say being married is very similar to having another full-time job – you get out of it what you put into it.
Our marriage is like a savings account.