Would you sacrifice yourself for love...?

Question

Would you sacrifice yourself for love...?
...in what way...?

Answer

Sacrificing yourself for love is a misunderstood concept.brbrTo those who are romantics in thought and ideology, the mythical image of one Romeo and Juliet come to mind.brbrTrue sacrifice for love is something entirely different when viewed by the mature eye.brbrWhen you love someone, you dont hide how you feel even when telling the world about your feelings may alienate others.brbrWhen you love someone, you put their needs ahead of your own in order to make them happy. This is not some slavish hours a day lapdog like devotion, but a true desire to see that person who is a part of your heart experience real joy.brbrWhen you love someone, you sacrifice your own agenda in order to meet their needs.brbrWhen you love someone, their goals, in part, become your goals.brbrWhen you love someone, you do not compete with each other. Instead you seek to complement each other.brbrWhen you love someone, you sacrifice popularity for compassion when it comes to keeping the privacy and personal information of the other person quiet. You never trumpet personal issues in order to score points against the one you love.brbrWhen you love someone, you get up with the baby even though you have to go to work the next day because you know they are more tired than you are.brbrWhen you love someone you realize that you are not the center of every waking moment and that other peoples needs sometimes trump yours.brbrTo be truly sacrificing in love means that you place everything you are and have and hope to become into the care and keeping of someone else above self.