Is love enough to survive on?

All our lives, we usually go through these feelings of love; whether it is the love of your parents, siblings, spouses, children and friends. How many times do we really take time to let these important people in our life know that we love them?

Usually the thought is always at the back of the mind; of course I do love my parents, spouses, siblings etc!!! Why should I explicitly tell them about it? They obviously know that!

But it is essential you do tell them. In the entire spectrum of our lives we are so focussed on what we want, that we simply cease to have any time to tell our loved ones how much they mean to us. It is a good feeling to know to that you are being loved and cherished. Just as you like this feeling, your loved ones around you also like it and need to feel it.

Again, its not as if its enough to just say that you love them. Your actions should prove that you do! I can keep saying 'I love you' to my loved ones till it becomes a habit and I say it mechanically. But what will definitely get the point across is my actions. Do my actions actually match my words?

If I keep saying I love you but don't spare any time for them, don't take time to listen to them, hear them out, what are my loved ones going to do with those words?

They say actions speak louder than words and yes they do! You don't have to go out of the way to completely change yourself, believe me, the last thing a loved one would want is to change you. They love you the way you are, but what they want is an assurance that you reciprocate the feelings; not the words but the feelings!

Relationships are like plants, they will wither away if not given enough attention. You need to tend to your relationship the way you tend to your prized plants. Your nurture them, you cherish them, and you show how much you love them and this is not a onetime effort, it has to be continuous!

Remember, we all get to live only once. Its better to have loved and cherished and show your loved ones you care every day, else who knows you may never get the opportunity and you will only be left with regrets!