Love is a sweet, tingling feeling. Yeah, the usual butterflies in the belly. Oh, how delightful! It's like staring at the night skies and gazing at the beautiful sunrise.

But that's just one face of the coin. Truth is, it takes great courage to love and be loved. It's finding a balance between being a receiver and a giver of love. It's being bold enough to compromise, keeping an open mind to what lies on the other side of the coin and the possible outcome: heads or tails, love or pain, joy or sadness.

It's being clueless about the end and being willing to sacrifice a heart for someone. Some days, the stars and the moon don't shine at night, and there are thunderstorms instead of the beautiful sunrise. The music you play that seems to be a spark becomes a wild noise. The words that connect your hearts become a foreign language. Space sets in, and all you feel is pain.

But true love endures and perseveres. It finds strength in weakness and embraces vulnerability. It heals and absorbs pain. It's a beacon of light in the dark and also an umbrella in the rain.