Difference Between Love and Like 



A young boy once asked his teacher,
“what's the difference between, ‘I like you’
and ‘I love you’?

The teacher beautifully
Answered,
“Well it's like a flower.
If you like a flower you pluck it.
But if you love a flower, you water it and nurture
it daily, and watch it grow”.

There is such a thin line between light and love and
because of it,
we make so many mistakes in our relationships.

When we want something in the moment,
we take it
and don't think any further.

We do whatever we want to get that feeling of pleasure,
not realizing that where neither
satisfied by that pleasure and nor will
that thing last.

When we pluck a flower,
not only will that flower
die,
but we can't experience it for any longer
than that moment.

When you water it and Take care of it daily,
you can experience it forever.

W've been a wired towards an instant Gratification,
instant pleasure mindset.

All of the adverts that we see,
Whether they're online or offline
are geared to driving us towards making instant
decisions for instant promises of pleasure.

The catch is not only does that instant
pleasure not satisfy us,
The feeling doesn't last.

We're so used to seeing all
the strap lines and headlines on the
Internet learn.

This language in five Minutes.
“Get the ideal body in 10 minutes
a day”. Become a millionaire in 12 months.

Now all of these sound brilliant, right?
The problem is they're not real.
They're not true.  They're false promises.

The reason why it works is because it
appeals to one of the most basic you desires:

Situational improvement without
major resource investment.

Of course you can pick up a few words in another
Language, or shed a few pounds of weight
if that was your goal or maybe you will
make a little bit more money.

But real knowledge, real awareness, real Fitness
real business all of these things take time.

Real relationships, real connection,
real purpose takes time.

Naturally the internet headlines focus
on the short term instead of the long term.

Because most of us would never
click on something if it said,
“Learn the language in five years with dedicated
daily practice.”

We wouldn't click on something that said,
“Here is the one hour workout that
you need to do every single day.”

And we wouldn't click on the one
that said, if you want to be a millionaire here are the ten failures
that you will go through in year one,
How broke you might be by year three, and you
may not even make it by year nine.

The important lesson here is:
if you want meaning, if you want purpose,
if you want fulfilment, those things take time.

Just like that flower, if you want that instant
pleasure to pluck it, you can
have it in the moment.

But if you want to build something of valu,
If you want to create something of impact,
and you want to make a difference,
All of those things
require time.