Love, What is love? Is love helping someone achieve their goals? Is love that special feeling of closeness, knowing you share the same goals and dreams? Is love that wild attraction of mind, body, and spirit? Perhaps love is a feeling of respect for both who you are and who you strive to become. Love is all of these and so much more. Yet, many times in today’s society love is misunderstood and many people settle for less than they deserve. I used to be the sort of person who did not think enough of herself. I did not understand who I truly was and what I honestly needed from a life partner. I spent many years expecting too little and making excuses for why my relationships weren’t the way I thought they could be. Until one day, I put my foot down so-to-speak, got out of my own way and started defining what I wanted in a relationship but I needed to understand myself first. For me, to understand, accept and love the beautiful woman that I am took some time. So often I would get caught up in all my negatives, faults, “what ifs” and “wish I had”. I am by no means perfect, yet I am perfectly beautiful in my imperfectness. I had to take a good hard look at myself and see myself with honest eyes. I had to see my faults and flaws and accept them. At the same time, I took personal responsibility for what I saw as faults and realized that I was the ultimate cause of these things. I realized if I wanted to change, it was up to me, and me alone to do. Stay tuned for the next portion of how to achieve the love of your dreams forever. Finally Found Love