So there was a post on Facebook that read, "Love is...." so I thought long and hard before I replied so here is my answer, "Love
just 'is'...as previously posted... It's simple but yet like many things we make
it complicated. Things like hurt, disappointment, and scorn taint our
perception of it." I omitted the last part because
it's irrelevant. He wasn't asking a question though although many like
myself did leave a comment of what we think love is. Here I'm going to
elaborate on the subject or at least my perception of the subject. As I
previously stated love is simple, we as people make it hard. Think of
children and pets in this example, children and pets love
unconditionally. Believe it or not, we teach our children how to love or
in better terms, pass on our interpretation of love. Some people
mistreat their children or their pets but despite that, the child or pet
will still cry when remove out of said adult's care. Kind of baffles
the mind doesn't it?! There are often stories of children removed from
their parents' care for mistreatment but they, ironically, ran away back
to those parents who hurt them in the first place. This is why domestic
violence/abuse is passed down through generations because that is how
their parents' showed their 'love'. It's a sad and tragic cycle. So back
to my main point. love in itself is simple. We are built to love. We do
things we love which in turn become our hobbies, if not our jobs if we
are lucky/blessed. Our idea of love slowly adjusts as we go thru life
and experience various hurts and/or disappointments especially by the
people who claim to 'love' us.
My ideal of love is that love is
an action. Never just words, too many people have told me they loved me
but their actions screamed differently. I have faced the fact that I am a
hard person to love. I push people away but I don't know why, I just
seem to have that knack for it. I'm the type of person that you don't
have to spend a whole lot of money on... I'm all about being creative in
displaying love. I guess you could classify me as a romantic. I would
love to walk on the beach holding hands, relax in the park, or chill in
the house lounging on my partner, watching television or a movie. Let's cook
together, have a water-gun fight, or just make-out like high school
kids as long as we are spending time together, I'm happy. Now this
doesn't mean we are hanging together both on our cellphones or laptops,
ignoring each other. Show me you love me, if you know I'm sick call/text
to see how I feel. Send me an email to let me know I'm on your mind.
Communicate with me, to me there's nothing sexier than stimulating
conversation. Tell me about the day, stories of days as kid and about family, and/or whatever we feel at the moment. I'm an emotion gal, as
much as I try to hold it together some days, I just can't and all I want is just a hug... no words needed. I think my biggest flaw
among many that I have is that I love too much. I do things for people
that don't deserve it and that use me but why, despite how bad they make
me feel, I do things in my ability because I know that they need me on
some level. I love my child and I pray every day and night that I am
teaching them to love correctly. Sorry for any rambling, I have a
tendency to do that too. :)
Until next time readers....
