Christian, an anguished romantic says the infamous line, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
Love, relationships, sex, lust, and everything else in that realm has always been a never ending throbbing headache for me. Still is.
Anywho, "what is love?"
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary online:
a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties
"Oh baby don't hurt me no more."
Although love seems to be easily defined in the dictionary in reality it can take on many different definitions and actions.
LOVE:
Love thy neighbor.
Loving your grandparents.
Making love to your best friend.
A woman loving another woman.
Returning someones wallet to them.
Taking your dog for a walk.
Saving yourself till marriage.
Love for Yaweh, Allah, Shiva.
Loving yourself.
Love is endless, love makes the world go round.
and as Shakespeare says, "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." Twelfth Night – Act 3, Scene 1
All my young life I've looked for love, looked for someone to love me back. I'd be pushed into a depression when people rejected me. I'd ask myself "why wasn't I good enough?"
But within the past 24 hours I came to this conclusion: Just to love is good enough.
If I stop focusing on whether or not someone loves me back or not then I'll be golden. I won't feel dejected, ever, because I will not be searching nor wanting their stamp of love.
To love is one of the greatest qualities the human race is equipped with, and especially with our ability to quantify and qualify it in so many ways, well, that just makes us extra lucky.
So for now I love without expecting anything back. Maybe one day my priorities will change, but for now the feeling of fullness I get from caring about people is enough.
And I don't know any other way to explain this, but it is similar to how at christmas you should give presents and not expect to get one back because you receive enough joy and fulfillment out of just giving your love.
The end. love you.
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