How do I love Thee?

The first time you love someone, all you see is the good things in the person. (well yah?!)

perhaps, that's just the reason why you love that person. The one you love seems perfect and flawless. Even when you see the flaws, you're just too in love to bother.

As you go along with the person, you start to know more about the real self of that person. The more you spend time with the person, the more you know about the person. Not only the good things, but also the bad things.

The thing is, knowing better doesn't mean you understand better. 

Love is easy when everything you see is good. Unfortunately, when you decide to take the way of love, it's impossible to see the good things only. The bad things are also there. If not sooner or later, you meet them too. Remember! no one if perfect!

Just knowing the person is not enough. You need to understand.

Maybe that's one of the biggest challenges of love. You find out the person you love is not the one you wish the person to be. Many things about the person do not match your expectation. The key is not only to know, but also to understand. Understanding means accepting. Learn to accept the person just the way the person is. There's a time when you need to understand the person more instead of demanding the person to understand you more.