The Size Of Love

Years ago I was at work when a patient noticed a ring I was wearing. It was a large cubic zirconia that was almost outlandish in size. Just by looking at it you knew it was not a real diamond. If it was, I would not be working at a doctor's office. I would be jetting around Europe with my entourage. She looked at my hand and said that my husband must really love me to get me such a big ring. She was a middle aged woman who was never married so she must have had a fantasy in her head about love. When we see celebrities get engaged, they get huge diamond rings. Ten carats, fifteen carats. The rings cost in the millions of dollars. People tend to assume that these people have a magical love story. The bigger the ring the stronger the love? Those people never stay together for too long. They split during the engagement or shortly after the marriage. Look around. The happiest women are the ones with 1/2 to 1 carat rings. Their love comes from their hearts not from a stone on their finger.