LOVE:THE LITTLE PRINCE

I love The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery! I haven't read it for a long time though, and now what I remember as the book's "main" message that we shouldn't judge by appearance alone, that what is essential is not always visible to the eye. I was therefore surprised to come across this poignant quote by Saint-Exupery:

Love does not consist of gazing at each other,
but in looking together in the same direction.

Did this come from The Little Prince? Probably not. I would have remembered this quote from that beloved book if it came from it.

Isn't it a wonderfully atypical way of defining love though?

Looking together in the same direction... Sounds very mature and sensible to me. Especially of course since. Can there be love when there isn't trust?

When does total forgiveness come? Why does it take so long? Or should we just *not think* about forgiveness and simply accept things and get on with life?

As I ask those questions, the answers come, and there is acceptance and resignation in me. Trust is a very precious thing... I still haven't lost my faith in life and in love. On the contrary, I feel that, more than ever, I am now more trusting of life, in its infinite wisdom, that we don't always get what we want but we do get what we need, always.