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Perfect Relationships

Is your partner perfect?

Are you?

I've made enough mistakes in my life and in my relationships to know that the
search for perfection is illusive at best and at worst, frustrating. There are
no perfect people out there waiting for us, to fall in love with us, to fix us,
to bring us what we need, to fulfill our dreams.

But that's OK.

In fact, that's wonderful.

We don't need a perfect person in order to create love. Love creates the perfect
person.

-- Douglas Brent Smith
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Comments

  1. asian datingSeptember 24, 2012 at 4:38 AM

    I do agree with you. As what they said "Don't find love, let love find you.
    I so love this one.
    "We don't need a perfect person in order to create love. Love creates the perfect person."
    Thanks for sharing this one.

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  2. Filipina datingJuly 17, 2017 at 4:34 AM

    Thats a very bold statement but just read it at the wrong time after all things cant be changed now.

    ReplyDelete
  3. thailand datingJuly 17, 2017 at 6:27 AM

    Everything is a part of the learning curve and things get better with time.

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  4. Doug SmithJuly 17, 2017 at 10:52 AM

    Thank you for your comments. Things can get better with time. And also, over time, we can discover that the "perfect person" we created in the image of love is not perfect after all. Neither are we perfect. Love is still the answer, even in the face of imperfection.

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