Faith

When do you know you've fallen in love?
When do you know that you have passed the 'I like you' stage?
What is the significance of 'I love you'?
Why is it that to some they can rattle these 3 words without any qualms, but yet to others, they weigh heavy on the heart.
When did you first say these 3 words to you beloved?

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Relationship is a demanding thing. It needs time, effort and tons of affection to nuture and grow. It is already complicated without additional factors like distance to make matters worse. But if you are unfortunate, like me, where there are issues like that to cope with, I guess you need double the faith and trust.
I know I do, and I am trying very hard to draw on all the strength I have. But inevitably, there are times when my strength isn't enough, and the feelings of missing overwhelms, that's when I can only let my tears wash away any pain. So yes, I have been crying awfully lot recently. I don't forsee myself to stop the tears for they are my form of expression, but they should not be interpretated as a sign of weakness. It's a release. When the tears dry, I will have regained my strength to believe. I cry not because I am hurt, I cry because I have no other way to relief myself of the feelings. I do miss him so very much.
I guess I am thankful that at least I only need my strength to build on the faith in this relationship for I can trust him wholly. I just need to believe that we can build on this challenge of distance and our feelings for each other will only deepen and not fade. I need to have faith.