Just The Way You Are

I love the song Just The Way You Are.

Despite being about twelve or younger when I first heard it, it remains the sweetest song I've heard to date.

Its also shaped my take on love somewhat.

Love is simple, accepting and undemanding. You're happy when the person you love is happy. 

I've always believed that if a person truly loves someone, he/she would love that someone unconditionally and would never consider changing him/her in any way.

People are not bonsai. It is not fair to contort and twist them into something that they're not... to fulfil a selfish personal ideal of "the perfect partner".

I love it that I'm able to be myself when I'm with my better half. I love the comfortable conversations we share... how we're always on the same wavelength. 

Its nice. 

Its nice to be loved for who I am.

And its natural for me to love him for the amazing person that he is.



Don't go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before,
Don't imagine you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.

I would not leave you, in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far,
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are.