Have you ever bought something only to realise that it is past its expiry date?
Or have you kept something so long that it reaches its expiry date?
Many of us would naturally throw the things away.
For there's no use for it.

What about love?
Does it have an expiry date too?

When you have no use for a person, do you just throw them away?
When you have no more feelings for a person, do you just ignore them and let it fade at one corner?
When you get sick of a person, do you just chuck them aside into the bin?
Does that mean that the love had expired?


When he let go of belle's hand, she knew his love for him had expired.
He no longer feels the same as when they first started.

But daddy kept by her side.
Standing at one quiet corner.
Waiting to catch her when she falls.

Her best friends stood along beside her.
They had their hands on her shoulder to support her all throughout the years.


What makes love expire so quickly?
And what makes it last so infinitely?

Its a puzzle to alot of people.

When you start to love someone based on what you see, what you feel, what you perceived and what you expect. It expires quickly.
Because you based it on you.

When you start to love someone because of who she is, how she feels, how she is really like and what she does. Then it will last infinitely.
Because you loved the person simply because she is She.

Our perception on others may change as we get to know them better.
Thats when love starts to expire when you based on you.

But when you love someone for who that person is, even as your perception change as you grow older, your love for that someone remains.
Because you based it on the person.

Its easy to be selfish. To think of ourselves first before others.
We do need to love ourselves first before we could learn to love others.
But when you love yourself much more than you do for others, that's when selfishness comes in.
You'll find yourself being stubborn and closing your doors on them.
Even to the point of being insensitive and saying hurtful things without knowing.
Because you are too focused on you.
When loved ones tries to reach out to you, to salvage the expiring love, you think they are trying to invade your bubble.
You'll see things way differently from them.

But if you would try to step out and just view from their perspective for once.
You'll see the truth.
And you'd understand.
That's how you can extend the expiry date of love.

Its just a simple small step out.
But its often the hardest step.
People often do not want to make the first step because they're afraid they'll fall down from their high chair.
But little do they know, there's plenty of warm comfy hands waiting to catch them.

Its often a face issue that makes it difficult to make that first step out.
Stubbornness and ego too.
Don't be afraid.
For those who loved you, they accept you for who you are.


When belle was a teenager, she went through puberty.
She grew and became what she thought was ugly.
She hated herself.
She isolated herself from others because she didn't want to be seen around.
Because who would want to be with someone ugly like her?
Little did she knew her friends stuck by her.
Even throughout the isolation period.
When she realised, she came out, feeling embarrassed.
But her friends welcomed her with open arms and gave her a big hug.
Thats when she felt shes loved infinitely by them.
Because they loved her because of her, not how they see her.


When he let go of belle's hand, he felt it was the right thing to do.
He felt annoyed whenever belle tried to reach out to him.
When belle tried to talk to him, he brushes her aside.
When belle expresses how she felt, he thinks shes simply emotional.
When belle wanted to know how he felt, he doesn't have any feelings to say.
Because that would meant that he is emotional.
When belle wanted to know something, he kept silence.
Because he thinks that its a waste of time to answer.
When belle cried, he does nothing.
Because he thinks shes simply emotional and if he does anything it would make it worse.
Little does he know that he is seeing things differently, he is already in his own bubble, shutting his door at her.
If only he could drop down his ego and stubbornness, and step out, then probably he'll realise that all she did was to reach out to him, to extend the expiring love they had.
For he loved her based on him. Not her.



It ain't easy to love someone based on them.
We often see things from our side.
But it is not impossible.
It just takes a little more effort.
We need to let each other know.
Just so that we could to step into their shoes for awhile.
Love them for who they are.
Just like we want others to love us for who we are.

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