It's been quite a long time since we've been together.

We've been talking about serious matters, about learning, and about a lot of other things for so long that I feel that we've almost run out of things to discuss in-depth about.

It's been a year and four months. No, it isn't long, as compared with others who've been in longer relationships. But it's been quite some time for us, and we've learnt so many things we've almost covered everything. Almost.

I think that after all this time, it's gone beyond a point of learning more about each other, or even learning about each other: how we are, how we tick, and all that.

It's come to a point where it's almost all about tolerance, understanding, and most of all, acceptance, that the person is the way he is, with his good points, and his foibles; with his quirks and his habits; with all his passions and sorrows and grief and fears and dreams. It's about learning how to be together.

It's about change, and about how one shouldn't, and cannot force the other to change simply for the relationship, or for selfish reasons. If the person wishes to change, he must do so because it is simply his own desire, not the desire of the other, not even changing because of the desire of the other person to make him better. It must come from within.

"Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
- Rabbi Julius Gordon