Dear Love,
Why are you the most diverse emotion a human can experience? Why do make the human mind and body do unimaginable things? Why do you force us to grow, change or expand beyond what we thought was ever possible? How does one come to embrace you? What must we do to understand you? Dear Love….please answer us.
“Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding” – Diane Arbus
You make us experience joy and happiness that words cannot explain however sometimes unexpectedly you will show us your dark side and make us feel deep hurt and intense pain. You can deliver smiles, laughter and memories that we revel in and you can make even the darkest days feel like warm sunshine on your face. But during those dark times you can leave us with tears, emotional scars and questions without answers.
Love, you make us drive across town just to feel your warm embrace, touch and smell at any hour, night or day. You can ignite a tingle in the stomach, a buzz in the heart and a slight sweat of the palms. Because of you, we laugh at jokes that aren’t all that funny and change our body language without knowing around certain others. We sometimes engage in the not so right things because you make us feel like it is so right. You ignite passion in our hopes and dreams, driving us to strive for the best, face our fears and conquer the challenges we are presented with. You drive us to think of the past, present and future. Your effects remain embedded in our thoughts forever and because of you, the past can determine how we shape our future. With you Love, we find purpose within ourselves to never quit, learn from mistakes and make change. You come in such an array of ways; it is hard to explain exactly what you are? We always say because of you we feel how we feel and that you will conquer all. We feel deeply connected to things or others sometimes forcing us to hold on to something for far too long. Through life’s challenges you always present one way or another to try assist, guide or lead us like an encouraging push or sudden shove. You suddenly become the scaffolding to our existence.
“Where there is love, there is life” – Mahatma Gandhi
Sometimes you cause us to unexpectedly change direction, experience challenging and difficult situations. Everyone around believes “they know” how it feels, and because of you they offer their support. Everyone knows you one way or another; we all have our stories and memories of you. You have been a fundamental part of each of our lives but how you are a part of it differs greatly from person to person. Worldwide you mark your presence in every waking moment. Ask anyone, and they will say how they love the high and the rush you provide when you are been generous and positive. But that dark side of you, has a strong bark and an even stronger bite. When you are harsh, you make us crumble; even the strongest man can fall into an uncontrollable whimper. You can make us feel like we have been kicked in the stomach or that our heart is physically broken in two. The endless tears that surface without control, causing fatigue, headaches and a loss in appetite always make us ask who, what, why, when and how? You can stay in this negative stand for varying lengths of time but one thing is for certain, you will work your charm on us again and we will come right back to your high. For some, they will forget more easily your dark side, others not so much. They may choose to remember your negatives and learn from them, proceeding in life with caution to avoid feeling that hurt you can trigger so well.
“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses” – Lao Tzu
So, why is it we cannot live without you in our lives? What gives your four letters so much power? How is it just saying your name can be such a daunting task for some, and yet others use it as a favorite in their daily vocabulary? Musicians and writers of the world would be lost without you, as you either inspire them or impact them to show passion in their work. Romeo and Juliet would not be the classic story it is today without your presence. We believe we cannot live without you and without feeling the effects of your intense high, some of us feel incomplete and disheartened or lost in life.
Will we ever come to fully understand you? Can we ever learn to ignore you or overpower you? I feel we can only accept you and learn to adapt to the challenges, good or bad, that you present us with and have them help us grow into more resilient individuals. The more we struggle with you, the harder our path becomes, so lesson learned is to open our minds and hearts and let you in, but remember to keep our eyes open to see the opportunities you are presenting us with.
“Love is all around us” – Love Actually
In love we Glo.
K.