Don't Give Up On Love

Our society as a whole has a problem - we've forgotten how to love. Maybe some people have never learned.

I just found out that a guy I know is getting a divorce after only being married for nine months. What's the reason for it? His wife just decided one day that she didn't FEEL like being married anymore and that she enjoyed being single more, so she's going to back to that life style.

I was blown away because I've heard that exact reason before. I'm sure that "I only have one life to live, and I need to make the most of it. I have to do what's right for ME" was said to him on more than one occasion. That statement just seems to follow right behind that reason wherever it goes.

Nine months? She must really have thought that marriage was all about the fairy tale happy ending. Heck, they barely have been together long enough to have had a baby if they became pregnant right away!

The thing is, I feel just as badly for her as I do for the guy. What sort of life does she have ahead of her if she can't commit, if she can't love? She'll spend her life searching for what she already could have had, yet will never find unless SHE changes.

Don't Give Up - Sanctus Real

I heard you say you would love for a lifetime
Now you complain a lifetime just doesn't feel right for you
Another casualty of casual love
Another soul out of place, a heart that gave up
Why do we break the promises we make?
Are we living for ourselves?

Don't give up on love and throw it all away
Don't give up on love and let it fall away
When did it become so easy to run from your pain
Don't give up on love and throw it all away

I heard you say you can't change a stubborn heart
I can relate 'cause that's how I feel when I talk with you
Why should it take losing everything
to realize it might be time to change?

Your restless heart won't win 'cause you take but you don't give
And you'll keep moving on until you learn what love is
Don't give up on love and throw it all away
Don't give up on love and let it fall away