What Is Love?
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005Why is the divorce rate going higher and higher each day? Is matrimony taken seriously as it is or it is just a trend? Are we trying to compete with Hollywood on who married the most time? For me marriage is for a lifetime. It is where 2 people who wants to share their rest of their life together are united as one. That is my understanding of marriage.
Then what is love? Is it just a chemistry feeling for each other or there is more for everlasting love. Researchs have say that the feeling of love comes out from our own hormones that generates that feeling in us. What we see on shows and movies where there is a spark between two people can be true. But is that enough to maintain a relationship till death do we part?
We can just say we love our partner, but how true it is? When we first see the girl/guy we like, we say it is love. When that doesn’t work out and you found another, you would say that the previous wasn’t love but this one is only love. If this one also doesn’t turn out good, you would say not love again. This cycle continues till don’t know when. How do we know we are in love if we keep saying the previous wasn’t love? I can say each relationship there is love but how to keep that fire burning is the problem.
I have seen some of my friends who face some problems in their relationship. Instead of solving them, some decide to walk out of the relationship for it stress them out to overcome the problem. If that person is serious about it, i have no doubt that both parties would sit down and make it work. In a relationship there isn’t any place for manhood or their egoness and for girls, over demanding and want to be in control of everything. It is a give and take thing. Both parties would benefit from it.
Most of you would think what the hell i know bout love for my status is single. Who cares if I never dated anyone before. Seeing how my friends go in and out of a relationship just don’t make me want to be part of it. Reason one - I’m not ready to be control by another person, reason 2 - I don’t want to overstress myself worring on another party when I don’t have enough time for myself and reason 3 - If I ever start one, I would hope it will last. That is one that is hard to achieve in this society but no harm hoping ![]()
I myself still wonder what is love and how does the old couples who are match-made when they are young can stay with their spouse till old? Love isn’t just all that is needed in a relationship. There must be communication, caring, friendship, understanding, forgiveness and lots more. It isn’t bout the chemistry only. It is to build a fire within that would burn continously through the years. For me, I want not only the feel of love but for someone to care for me, and take me as me. I in the other hand want to be confortable with him, accept him as him and not ask him to change. Part of loving is to accept the person as who he/she is no matter it is good or bad. Start to love the bad side of him. But if the bad is totally bad and would affect the future, then that have to change. It all depends on what it is. Example, if he beats you up, I don’t expect you to love that part of him but if you love him, help him to get the aggressiveness out of his system. If not you have to just let him go.
There were some people that I have fallen for and I really enjoy and cherish the time shared together. But I don’t know if it is worth waiting for them. Like the phrase from Cinderella Story, “Waiting for you is like waiting for it to rain in this drought. Hopeless and Useless.”
I wonder if there is anyone that is dating a girl/guy who they have lost the feelings but just holding on for fear that they can’t find another? Is there anyone that is dating a girl/guy where they don’t feel the flame anymore but do so for their parents love her/him? Is it important to have your parents approval of that person? I know it is but I believe if you really love that person, your parents would understand eventually and allow you to be together. Not everyone is lucky to have in-laws loving them but eventually things change as time goes by. Time plays an important role for through time, all things are made better.
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from the game.” This is another quote I read and found it meaningful. If I want something done or to achieve something, I have to work for it and not be demotivated by any obstacles or the fear of what is ahead. Our greatest enemy is our very own self and not anyone else. Sometimes telling off others bout their bad attitude is actually reflecting on our very own attitude also. We are scare to admit it but it is always easier to say it to others.
Love does wonders most of the time but it is all dying out. We think we understand what love is. Love is all bout happiness and everything goes smoothly. In reality, nothing comes easy. Love is when you manage to overcome each obstacles that comes along the way. That is how your love grows. Love is when there is happiness and sadness, down to earth and craziness, lonelyness and togetherness, forgiveness and lots more. It is just the things that happen that make you appreciate the other more each day. Where two people work together as one. For this, each have to give and take and not one give and the other take all the time. There is balance and equality in everything.
I believe that someday my prince will come. It could be someone in the past it could be someone future. I would not know but i believe God has made a way for me. When the person appear I would know for I’m going to be truthful and not hide. I hope that the person himself would do the same. Decide it on what he wants and not due to his parents wishes nor try me out before breaking up with the initail girlfriend. You have to let go for better ones to come. If you always insist that the current one is good and can’t find a better one, think twice. Ask yourself truthfully, do you want to be with her? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with her? If not please don’t play her feelings out.
Love is something we can’t explain and it is where no one knows who is in the right and wrong. We just have to accept it. “If it is yours, it would always be yours no matter what!”, “If it isn’t yours, no matter how you keep it, you wouldn’t own it at all!” It is always better one suffer than to have all the parties involved suffer.