"Love is Blind"

"Love is blind." Yes, the expression has been wore out like that first pair of leather boots in the back of your closet you purchased from Dillard's ten years ago. Is love REALLY blind? Or are we just simply in denial of things that are put in front of us? Is it just an expression we know we can throw on the table to excuse or ignorance? Is it part of denial because we simply can not accept the fact that the person we love is not the person we imagined they would be? Or do we have a delusion of living in a fairy tale that keeps us attached to our prince charming...that is humbly ehhh not so charming? Can we honestly say that we love and accept someone's flaws without resenting them in any way, style, or fashion? Women seem to be completely opposite from men when it comes to "blind love." Women have many contributing factors that blind us from the truth, which mostly can be blamed on our anatomical clock that starts ticking when we hit the age of 23. We realize that our time for finding true love is running out and the inner voice begins screaming to find anyone compatible before the clock runs out...and that's when we settle and loose our wants in the darkness. Am I saying there is no chance at finding love? No, I am a firm believer that there is a man out there for every woman that can give us butterflies for the rest of our lives. A man that can fulfill our every need, be our best friend, and will allow us to love with our heart and eyes wide open. However, we can only bring about this if we do not settle for less and become "blind" to our inner desires. If we learn to balance the heart and the mind we do not have to make an excuse for ignorance, because we will feel what is right and see in light whether it is the real thing.  We do not have to trick our mind into thinking we are in love, yet we have to make intelligent decisions on who we allow to pump passion throughout our body.