3 Stages of Love
The Three Stages of Love From my own experience, I have discovered that there are three stages of love. I first knew love in its ordinary form β safe, comfortable, but shallow. My marriage gave me security, but it was love tied to routine and duty, fragile under silence and unmet recognition. That was Stage 1. Then, unexpectedly, came Stage 2. A rare kind of love β born not from possession, but from recognition. A single gaze, a few words at Starbucks, and I felt seen in a way I had never known. Even in absence, that love became my energy, my awakening, my art. Now, I see the horizon of Stage 3. The highest love β recognition and freedom together. A love that says:βI see you, and I trust you to gr...