WHAT DO YOU LONG FOR?

TODAY I SAW THE CLASSIC 70 PLUS COUPLE WALKING AROUND THE GROCERY STORE HOLDING HANDS AND IT MADE ME THINK OF THAT DIAMOND COMMERCIAL WITH THE OLDER COUPLE WALKING THROUGH THE PARK. EVERY TIME I SEE THAT COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE IT IT MAKES ME WONDER IF OUR GENERATION HAS LOST WHAT THEY HAVE. I THINK OF MY GRANDPARENTS AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND WONDER... DID THEY JUST STUCK IT OUT OR WAS IT LOVE THE WHOLE TIME? WAS IT AN EXPECTATION THAT A MARRIAGE WAS FOREVER? WE ALL KNOW THE VOWS WE ALL KNOW WHATS RIGHT AND WRONG BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOT EVERY MARRIAGE IS FOREVER. BUT THE QUESTION I TEND TO WONDER THE MOST IS........ DO WE GO INTO RELATIONSHIPS HALF HEARTED WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL NOT LAST? IS LOVE A LOST ART FORM? IS IT JUST A BY STANDARD TO HELP US MAKE IT FROM DAY TO DAY, A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE WAY OF LIFE? DO WE REALLY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY?

I LONG FOR THE DAY THAT I AM 70 AND CAN WALK THROUGH THE GROCERY STORE WITH MY WIFE AND HOLD HANDS SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE NEXT ONES IN LINE. I LONG FOR THE MORNING SUN TO HIT MY BROW AND FOR MY NEXT THOUGHT TO BE OF HER. I LONG FOR DINNER AT DINNER TABLES WITH A QUIET SENSE OF HAPPINESS. I LONG FOR DREAMS THAT BECOME A REALITY AND A LIFE THAT IS FILLED WITH JOY.