It is a magical thing to fall in love. Everything changes, the world looks different and even our bodies feel different, because they are! When you are in love your body chemistry changes and you really are a different person. The love you feel for each other brings the greatest joy and it is what inspires and drives us through life. It is what give our lives meaning and brings us the greatest happiness. For these reasons, when there is a separation or a break up the most important question becomes, "Can we fall back in love again?" The good news is that yes, many times couples can fall back in love again if they take the time and effort that rekindling the love demands.

First you both must be willing to take some time apart so that you can each do some self reflection and take a closer look at the dynamics of your relationship. Only then can you begin to understand what went wrong and how you can start to heal. Fixing a broken relationship is not impossible, but it doesn't happen without effort on both parts. Love brings us not only joy, but an opportunity to grow and change and breaking up gives us the opportunity to make things better than before. When there is great passion between a couple, there is always hope, but no one ever said it would be easy or without challenges.

While you are spending time apart and searching for ways to save your relationship it is a good idea for you both to engage in other activities. Not dating, because that really isn't fair to the rebound person, and trying to make each other jealous is never a good idea. Rather, go out with friends and do things you enjoy that you didn't do when you were together. If there were things you gave up because of the relationship, now is the time to figure out why you were so willing to give up things you enjoy. That may be a clue to what went wrong because no matter how much you love someone, you are still separate people and should not try to mold yourself into what you think the other person wants. Eventually that will destroy love.

Many times you can fall back in love again, so don't lose hope! Take time to read and learn what needs to be done. Keep an open heart and put aside anger and frustration so that you can begin to see things clearly. Reacting to a situations instead of reflecting on them will cause you problems, so practice patience and a willingness to step back and learn.