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Real love is unselfish By D. Paul Reilly: Unfortunately, as we all know only too well, the divorce rate throughout the world is reported to be at least 50%. That is, 50% of ALL marriages end in divorce. Now, one may ask, and understandably so, why is this? After all, we must presume that when people get married, in most cases, the parties to the marriage are indeed madly in love with each other, or at least it would appear that this is so, as one observes the average marriage ceremony. But, upon deeper examination and reflection, is what appears on the surface to be the case, REAL LOVE? Yes indeed, as the bride and groom stand before the Minister, Priest, or Rabbi at the marriage ceremony, and as they gaze lovingly at each other, often with tears of joy welling up in their eyes, one would automatically assume that the marriage would be most successful, and would thus stand the test of time, by lasting until one of the partners made his or her transition from this level of existence on planet earth to the next. Now, I contend, that one of the main reasons why so many marriages are failing, are falling apart in this day and age, thus ending up in the divorce courts of the world; is simply because they were not based on a solid foundation of pure, unadulterated, unconditional 'Real Love'. But many may interject, they both quite definitely appeared to be madly in love at the actual marriage ceremony. But here's the important question, was their love 'REAL" or not? You see, as the title of this article puts it 'Real Love is Unselfish'. That's right, unfortunately for many, this idea of love is all one-sided, as far as he or she is concerned. Yes indeed, far too many people who are in a marriage or so-called 'Committed Relationship', are totally selfish as the only words you invariably hear them sadly utter are "My needs are not being met, either physically, mentally, financially, or sexually". That's right, it is so very often all about ME, MY needs and wants, and to hell with my partner's needs and wants. This My Friend, is quite definitely not Real, True LOVE. Why, you may protest rather indignantly? Because, to put it in a nutshell, as the title of this article so succinctly puts it 'Real Love is Unselfish'. So, people who are so very demanding of their partners, asking them all the time to take care of their needs, are being very selfish. Don't ever forget, when you give unselfishly to another, you will receive accordingly, for that's The Law.....God's Law! THINK ABOUT IT! Email: dpr@bahamas.net.bs Listen to 'Time To Think' the radio program on Star 106.5 FM at 8:55 AM & 6:20PM. Tuesday February 09, 2010