You will know it is true love when you find someone who makes you realize more about yourself. He/she is what you can call your "better-half" for it is in him/her that you can see your own personality, but just in a body of someone significant in your life. When you finally made up your mind that you already found that better-half of yours, other persons' opinion will no longer matter to you and your partner because for both of you what only matters in this world is being with each other and keeping what you have been blessed with. And, that is LOVE.
When time comes that you realize who you want to spend the rest of your life with, well, you can't just wait for the rest of your life to begin. As it begins, it brings with all the responsibilities both of you are bound to keep from that day on. There begins a new chapter of your journey. A different one for in that journey, you're gonna be a couple of travelers going through the same path. Indeed, that fact, makes the journey a whole lot more worth it because you're going to travel with the person you love most in the whole universe. Difficult times will come along your way, surely. But whatever or however difficult that is, you wouldn't budge because the strongest warriors in this world are those who can love for real. You will be as strong as you have to be as long as there is your better-half backing you up.