I Want a Relationship That Will Last

I was asked this question in a private message: Are relationships meant to last forever?

As much as they are intended to be long-lasting, they don't. People in general don't know how to make them last.

People change.
Feelings change.
Circumstances change.
Reasons change.

Forever is a but a goal. But like most good things, relationships don't last.

What each of us desires is the security of being loved, wanted, an cherished until the day we die. I think eternity in the afterlife have other things in store for us to fulfill our individual purposes with. I don't think it would be a world that revolves on keeping human love on fire.

We might as well live to love knowing there is an end to everything, like tomorrow people will wake up finding themselves falling out of love, or someone goes away or is gone from this world for good. Loss is something we can identify with, and it might just make sense to us that what lingers may actually be longing, attachment, or obsession.

We know flowers wilt, yet we never fail to appreciate them. We know darkness ends when sunrise arrives. Yet when we love, we forget that we humans are mortal. The fact that our hearts can die a number of times isn't enough for us to grasp that the end of a relationship is but inevitable.

If that were something that we remember, would we be ever more careful enough to keep ourselves from falling for someone so easily?