Miles apart

Long distance relationships. As I was scanning through my new feeds in Facebook, I came across a post of a friend, a cute picture of her and her boyfriend. If I remembered it right, they met through a boot camp for teenagers and have been together for a few years. So what? Well he lives in New York and she’s in Cebu; miles apart from each other. Difficult you might say, being in a long distance relationship. Not knowing what the other was doing, the apprehension, the uncertainty, and the trust issues. If you can’t deal with all these, then better not be in one. Being in this kind of relationship requires complete trust because it is not the distance that ruins the relationship; doubt does. You have to have patience to willingly wait even if you are unsure on the possibilities that lie ahead and the strength to endure, no matter how hard the circumstances are. As a favorite quotation of mine goes, “Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough... “