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Thoughts on love and forgiveness

I thought about the following sentence. It's so easy to fall in love; It's hard to stay in love.

I definitely was in a situation where I think I was attracted to someone. It happens so often, right? But that's all there is to it--attraction. Whether it is sustained is up to me.

Why should I pursue something that has no future?

Anyway, I lost my train of thought. I lost my argument. Maybe because this is all hypothetical; this has never happened to me before.

I never have to sustain love.

But I definitely have thoughts on second chances. I realized that I didn't love someone because I didn't give him anything beyond a second chance.

If I loved him, I would have given him more chances. If I loved him, emotions would have overcame logic. But that didn't happen, did it?

That's why I couldn't blame people who are crazy in love. They chose feelings over logic. Nothing wrong with that. It's their choice.

I also have some thoughts on forgiveness. I do not forgive easily. I do eventually but not right away. No one can force me to forgive. But if I do forgive, it just happens naturally.

The anger just fades away.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on love and forgiveness.
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