You Won't Fall

Without a future for growth and development, romantic love can extend only so far. Its distinction from, say, a friendship with benefits begins to become effaced.

There is, of course, in all romantic love the initial infatuation, which rarely lasts. But if the love is to remain romantic, that infatuation must evolve into a longer-term intensity, even if a quiet one, that nourishes and is nourished by the common engagements and projects undertaken over time.

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[There] is not merely the necessity of time itself for love’s intensity but the necessity of a specific kind of time: time for development.

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Just give it time.

The New York Times’ philosophy blog tackles the interplay of love and death. See also: 5 essential books on the psychology of love. (via explore-blog)