How do you define love and happiness?

Effort

"Successful relationships require a lot of effort. Relationships are never perfect. It's something you're gonna have to work on.

This is why women observe how much effort a guy puts in for her during the courting stage.

But what is the definition of effort?

Effort is not taking you out to dinner and paying for it. It's not picking you up with a car and driving you to certain places. It's not even the random roses on your front door.

Real effort is going out of your way to make someone feel special.

It is saving up for a date to make sure it fits in his budget. Effort is keeping you company on the way home even when he doesn't have a car. It's buying you flowers with the little change left in his pocket instead of spending it on things he likes. This is real effort.

Sure, some other guy could pay for a date every night. But he's making loads of cash and he's only spending 10% of it on you. Sure that other guy could pick you up and take you to the places you wanna go but he already has a car and that's completely hassle-free. Sure he's buying you bouquets of flowers but what's that compared to the money he makes?

So before you become blinded by all the shiny things he can offer, ask yourself the following question.

Take away the convenience, would he still do it?

True effort is not what you give. It's how much you give compared to what you have."

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This article tugged at my heartstrings and made me appreciate the little things more. 

Thank you for always putting in effort for me and our relationship but sometimes still get very little credit for it. 

I've been with you at your best (somehow) and at your worst but nothing changes for the amount of effort you put in. Even in times like this, you are already awesome and I know if times are better, things will definitely be better. 

You are just like what the article said, even without car, without roses, without high budget, you still take long walks with me just to send me home, treat me whenever possible and do things just to make me happy because as you said, making me happy and smile is the least you could do. 

Really, nothing is comparable to being happy and laughing all the time when I'm with you. It's priceless and something money can't buy. 

I love you for everything that you are and I truly appreciate it. Thank you for loving me and even loving me for everything that I'm not.