Love is Built on Mutual Trust and Special Connection

I grew up believing that love is built on mutual trust and a special connection.

I always thought having someone who could provide anyone that great deal of comfort and happiness is something very beautiful and amazing. And as a 30 year old adult, being in love is something I really yearn for. To me it is something so mysterious, but yet alluring.

But as I grew up, I started to learn that I'm being too naive. Recently I realised that I have friends around me who have cheated in their relationship and their partners do not know anything about it. Honestly, I felt rather disturbed after knowing all these, because being faithful is something that I really value a lot. 

It is definitely not because I am traditional or old-fashioned, but I believe that being committed is something one would have inherently promised the moment he/she subscribed to a relationship with another person.

I'm not sure if this has became the norm in today's society, but I do not wish to see myself losing faith in love. I do hope that everyone will rethink the true meaning of the "freedom to love" and at the same time be compassionate, tolerant and supportive of the LGBTs. I have quite a few LGBT friends around me and each time they told me about their love stories, my emotions get stirred a bit. It's really awesome knowing how brave these people were, to stand for their right to love, regardless of gender and sexual orientation.