Love is a funny thing. We (people) do crazy things in the name of love. We move across the country, quit jobs, get married, have children, write poetry and even commit crimes. Love is so strong an emotion that it can cause us to turn on our family. Love is so complex that the Bible has multiple verses, chapter, & books to describe it. If you type "what is love" in the google search engine you get numerous pages with various definitions and descriptions. Different religions cannot even agree on the definition of love. Love can be firm and at the same time be compassionate. We have different opinions on how soon love is developed. A woman can give birth to a child and have "love at first sight" and this is acceptable. Yet a man can see a woman across the street and profess to have "love at first sight" and be criticized for acting to hastily. We can fall out of love as fast as we fall in love, but that doesn't mean that we didn't or don't still love that person. Being "in love" is different from "having love" for someone. It's still love, but apparently it isn't as strong. It is strong enough to still care, but not strong enough to go out of your way. If someone says they love you and you don't reciprocate, you can be called selfish, childish, or mean. But if you say I love you too early, you can scare a person off because they may not be ready to say it. In the days of old, daughters were "given" to men to marry and love had to be developed. Now, people are criticized if they marry for any reason other than love.
Yesterday was my birthday and I turned 32 and I honestly don't know if I understand what love is even after being married for almost 7 years. Love use to be enough to keep a marriage together. Now I hear that it takes more than love for a relationship to work. Again, love is so complex an emotion that it truly takes a lifetime to understand it. No matter what you believe in, love plays a factor in your life. Love is the one thing that unites all beings on the face of the Earth. Parents love their children in all walks of species, yet some beings are considered less than others. If all creatures have the ability to love, what makes one species better than the other?
This post isn't written to define love or give my opinion. It was written just to show how complex an emotion is and the effects it has on our everyday lives.
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