For the sake of once upon a time in love

Do you consciously get to love what you do? Can you consciously get to love what you do?
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At first, emotions makes you undoubtedly make you believe you are in love. With time, emotions goes down and now you are doubting if it was love then.
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Now, why not stand on the fact that it was love and work it out. We've heard once or twice about love as hardwork; that love needs to be nurtured.
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So, it might be that you have not been nuturing the first love and now it degenerates to something that you did not identify with at first.
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For the sake of once upon a time in love, try to work it and make it work out. You have got the power to make it work out if you want. When you do resolve to make it work, the first emotions of undoubted love would spring forth and it would be amazing.
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