The Smartest Words I've Read All Day

"Sometimes love is not enough. I've known love. Quiet love, and crazy, roller-coaster love. Both were real, and both crashed and burned. With each, I loved and was loved deeply. And yet, tragically, love was not enough. I know that might sound strange, so let me explain a bit further: I've come to believe that the most epic relationships include a combination of love and intention. In the end, it’s easy to love, but it’s much harder to act with life-changing intention, to keep saying yes, and yes, and yes; to keep climbing up a rugged mountain when the conditions get difficult, when you start to lose oxygen. So many rappel down because they just can't do it. Forgive them and move on. They didn't have the strength, or it just wasn't their time. True love takes more than love. It takes strength and stamina. It takes intention."

- Sarah Jio