Some thoughts on passion and love

More often than not, passion is involved in relationships between a man and a woman (and in homosexual relationships as well of course). Passion is for me the same thing as attraction. It is not being able to think about anything or anyone but that one person. It is feeling your heart pound faster simply by allowing your thoughts to reach out to that person. It is the sweet blush on your cheeks when your eyes meets the other persons eyes for a moment that seems longer than expected. It is lying next to the person in bed, not knowing how to touch, where to touch or if to touch.

But one thing is also true with passion. When it calms itself after a period of time, what remains? There has to exist a few other things that makes out the basis of every good relationship... to me, that is...

trust
common interests
humour
common beliefs and values
kindness
caring
hope

if you don't trust your partner, he will cheat on you.
if you don't share any interests, you will constantly question why he doesn't want to do anything with you.
if you don't share the same humour, you will quickly get bored of him, and him of you.
if you don't share his beliefs and values, you will look down on him as a person, and he on you.
if you're not kind to him, and he is not kind to you, you will both suffer from a feeling of low self-worth.
if you don't care for his wellbeing, he won't care for yours.
if you don't have hope and instead a tendency to give up too easily, he will too.

it takes two to tango.