I try to be the person I would like to spend my life with. Someone who will accept life as it is.. and make the best of what is given. Someone who will accept me as I am... and try to understand that we are not all perfect... but in our imperfections we grow stronger. I don't need sympathy... and I don't give sympathy... but empathy is what I want and give freely. Empathy being able to experience emotions that match another person's emotions, to knowing what the other person is thinking or feeling, to blurring the line between self and other.
A beautiful experience when achieved.