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We can, in fact, choose any of those we loved and live with them for the rest of our lives. I, too, am coming to the conclusion over time that a long marriage is a matter of self-discipline. Falling in love is beautiful and endless, it follows one after another, and it’s all about choosing one and deciding to be with them.
Then you can surrender to the flow of time and watch how Passion is replaced by Tenderness, Admiration by Respect, Loyalty by Devotion, Mutual Understanding by Affinity, and then something else happens, I don’t know, but your job is just to watch and experience all of this.
Or you can resist or run away - cry when the flowers fall, tie ripe fruits to the branches, look for late varieties that are still fresh. This is also an interesting path, but you will never see how those seeds that you did not wait for will sprout...

Marta Ketro
illustration Rukiye Ulusan