h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

When I look back on my relationships in the past, I can remember days when the world seemed a perfect place to live in, the sun shone, and love felt so wonderful.

There are days I wish I could bring back all those feelings and let go of my worries, my fears, and my anxieties. Sometimes I wonder why love seems like a roller coaster, with its unpredictable highs and lows.

What was it about those days? Was it a feeling of being accepted and loved simply for who I was? And did their faults seem trivial in comparison to all their wonderful qualities? I wonder at times what happened....did I change, or did our views of each other change, or both?

So many questions; yet maybe I'm holding myself and them up to a standard of perfection that costs me much more than it gives me. Is it worth having less love to focus on their "defects" or mine? Its time to ask myself "how important are they?"
Maybe they were just as afraid as I was about measuring up. If so, thats taking away from their natural desire to love and to be loved, and to express it warmly, with caring.

... the answer is:

innocence.