Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon

Love is a choice. It is the active choosing of good for another person. But like? It is a gift and it cannot be forced.

There are a handful of people in this world that I love but do not like in the slightest. It might sound strange, perhaps, but those two emotions are not tied together. You can love a person and not want to be in the same room with them. But rarely do you like someone—particularly a love interest—and not want to be with them all the time. Love is action. Like is instinct. The best marriages have both.