THE HOW-TO SERIES: TESTS TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS YEARNED TO DISCOVER (PART 1)
TEST No. 1: HOW TO KNOW YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY LOVE THAT PERSON OF INTEREST FOR REAL First, imagine taking away the contingency of intimacy and all romantic affiliations with such a person. Finally, if you are still keen on seeing them/talking to them/spending a great deal of your day with them regardless if you could afterward, then there's something there. Love, as it should be, intimate or not, isn't mainly in the getting; and as such even when there's nothing to get anymore, it thrives yet. TEST No. 2: HOW TO BE CERTAIN YOU’RE REALLY HAPPY BEING WITH SOMEONE IN A PARTNERSHIP (WHETHER IN BUSINESS TERMS OR OTHERWISE) Does being with the person(s) feel like work? If it does, doesn't mean anything. Life itself feels like work. However if it feels like work you wished you didn't have to do, then you're probably forcing it way too much. And a great rule of life is knowing that people will still be alright without you. It's not your job to make them happy o...