Two Sides

Note: In case you're a sensitive viewer, a rude word for backside is used three times in this clip.


Passion is a coin: It has two sides. Real passion in a relationship means that sometimes you're ready to die in one another's arms, and sometimes you just want to kill one another. ;)

I was watching New Girl (because my other TV shows are out of season, and New Girl is on Netflix) and I just found this moment too good not to blog about. This is such an illustration of a couple--the passionate couple--on the flip side. And the ridiculousness of this argument is really not so far from the truth.
(My husband and I once got into a 45 minute to an hour long fight about chocolate, in which we both got really worked up. I was still sulking the next day!)


(Sorry the clip quality is so horrible; it's the only version of it I could find. Just suffer through it--it's less than 2 minutes long!)

Though I'm not an expert and haven't achieved perfect balance, I think the key thing about passion is remembering that it's a fire. That burning flame gives warmth, energy, and excitement to your life--but it can also burn you. You have to figure out how to walk by the fire to receive maximum warmth, without singing off your eyebrows.