Our world is a shallow world full of filtered „instagrammable“pictures of „dream“ women and men and fake love. Once upon a time, before the „swapping“ replaced true love, it was existing and it was simple. 

People would meet spontaneously,  develop feelings for each other, talk about them and grow love. There was no need to constantly chase something new and „better“ to be happy. 

It was enough to look in your partner’s eyes to read her/his soul and feelings. Today, instead of that we look into smartphones and hope to find happiness somewhere there. 

We forget to share a moment in here and now, make eye contact, laugh with tears, and enjoy a real conversation with full attention and presence. 

Here are 10 signs of how to recognize true love:

1. Psychosomatic signs: You have not only the first butterflies in your tummy, but it feels good and there is no tension or bad gut feeling; you feel warmth in your body and heart; you feel light (close to the feeling of flying).
2. You grow to love, enlightenment which is so strong and pure that nothing from the outside can harm or derail its accomplishment.
3. You don’t ask yourself if it’s real or right – you know that it is and you feel it with your entire Self.
4. It’s simple – everything happens effortless and there is nothing complex and hurtful about love
5. It does not change you but it makes you be the best version of yourself – you succeed in other areas such as your career as true love gives you energy and power to believe in yourself and to overcome challenges and barriers you thought you would never cross
6. You don’t dream of another partner spiritually and sexually and you don’t feel that there is someone better out there.
7. External circumstances, such as a different location of your partner and timing do not matter – you would go to the end of the world for the person you love and there would be no such thing as „bad timing“.
8. You want to spend as much as possible, time with your partner and having her or him not around makes you miss your partner even when you are away from each other for a day – you don‘t need time or space to breathe – you breathe and feel alive because of the time you spend together.
9. You picture your future together, make plans, and feel that the love is forever.
10. Your entire world becomes a better and happier place.

Don’t settle for fake love. Be open, positive and grateful while searching for fulfilling love and until then love yourself a bit more every day for who you are. This will be your endless source of giving love to others when true love is coming your way.