Real love, a more mature love, starts to grow when the intensity of the euphoria abates. That’s when our will comes into play, when we choose to act in loving ways for the good of the other. Real love involves self-sacrifice and putting the other before ourselves. It takes a wilful commitment to persist in our choice to love, even when our emotions would have us walk away. Like the prologue before a great love story, limerence creates the context and invitation into an epic adventure.
