Love, what is it? How do we know when we feel it? When do we feel it? It’s a complex one to explain. I want to say thank you to the moderators for coming up with this contest and also to 
Whatever relationship you find yourself in be it one of the those I’ve listed above or something else, it needs to remain strong and there are certain things we can do to ensure it’s continuous growth in strength or do nothing and let crush. Before we talk about what we can do to ensure strong and healthy relationships let’s talk about the question it comes with.
Does love come on suddenly or grow over time?
In my perspective, I think love comes both ways depending on the individual. For some people it’s love at first sight and for others it grows over time. But love is mostly built. It takes a lot of time to find your way into someone’s heart. You need to prove you’re worthy of being loved because no one wants to end up hurt.
How do we ensure strong and healthy relationships?
Forgiveness
Without forgiveness this world wouldn’t be where it is now. Even God above is the most forgiving so we as humans should find it in our heart to forgive one another. In relationships, forgiveness is the major factor to maintain a healthy one. We should learn to let things go and forgive our partners. Keeping things in our hearts is just going to build anger and hate in us and will lead to something bad at the end.
Trust
Building trust is not an easy task in today’s world because we humans are unpredictable. In a relationship, we should try as much as possible to gain our partners trust and not let them down because once trust is lost it is difficult to build it back.
Building trust in a relationship goes a long way to keep it strong.
Communication
Most healthy relationships are built on communication. Talking to each other and listening to each other goes a long way to prevent unwanted misunderstandings that can lead to anger , pain and a whole lot. We should try and much as possible to make an effort to listen and understand our partners feelings and thoughts. We as individuals should also learn to express our views in order to avoid assumptions.
Quality time
Spending time together in a relationship is very important. No matter how busy one is, you should be able to make time for your partner. A couples of hours to watch a movie, grad dinner or watch the sunset isn’t bad. At least you know you spent all that time with someone special and you feel and know that it was worth it. Through this, we get to know more about our partners and appreciate them more.
There are a whole lot of ways to ensure a healthy relationship but as we all know, there’s no perfect relationship. Hardships come and go so we should make it a point to be there for each other through thick or thin. That is love!
Thank you for reading and I hope you learnt something new which you will put into action.
With love.🫶🏻