Let me love you one day at a time
and please love me that very same way.
We may never learn
all there is to know about love
but every day together
will teach us
a little more about ourselves
and the special kind of happiness
we can bring to each other.
One of the best things you've helped me learn
is that love starts with being honest
speaking straight from how we really feel.
I like how we've opened the doors
and windows of our lives
and invited each other to come in,
look around and get acquainted
and the more I'm with you,
the more at home feel.
Lets think of each sunrise as a fresh start,
a brand-new beginning
and try to fill every day
with as much love
as it can hold.
I know you're not always going to be
exactly the same person
Sunday through Saturday,
January through December
and neither am I.
We both need laughing times
and crying times
and times for every other mood in between.
The important thing
is that you can be
the kind of you
that feels most natural
and that I can be
my favorite kind of me.
That's what makes us
so comfortable together
it's also what keeps us
from taking each other
too much for granted.
Lets give our best to each other
but let's never expect miracles of our love.
There's no need to
the reality of you and me
is better
than all the impossible dreams
and fantasies
I've ever imagined.
Being with you
is feeling proud, blessed, grateful
for each hour we share.
Let me love you,
not according to any how-to-book
or by someone else's set of rules
but simply for who you are
and how you are with me.
And please love me,
not for what I ought to be,
or for what I might be molded into,
but for what I am, here and now.
Don't expect me to be
someone all good and all giving,
someone who could never disappoint you
someone too right to be real
and too perfect to be me.
I'm just as human as anyone I know
and very thankful that you are, too.
Let's try to remember
that love means keeping in touch
with each other's thoughts
and feelings
listening, not just to words,
but to the emotions behind them
seeing, not just the smiles and frowns,
but the hurts and pleasures
that causes them.
Let me love you one day at a time, starting today.
Let's have the courage to try to change
whatever needs changing about us
and the wisdom to know
what should never be changed.
Let's not worry about what went wrong yesterday.
Let's help each other make today
as right as it can be
believing in ourselves
and in our ability to handle
what ever tomorrow may bring
and trusting that this love we share
will continue to grow stronger
as the future years unfold
one beautiful day at a time.
