LOVE

Everyone’s favorite subject “love”. I don’t have a thorough definition for love myself because I’m still in the process of loving, but I do believe I have truly known it once. I have known love once because I’ve went through all the phases with that particular love, including grief, which some would say is the final act of love. I agree with that. I believe that we have many loves in life and they all continue throughout our lives until we have had that final act of grief. I think we fall short of love many times because we don’t allow people to be themselves nor do we know ourselves enough to love properly. Love is an active thing, meaning it is always moving, it is never stagnant therefore, we must grow through love or we will miss out on its true nature. Once we get comfortable with “love” it ceases to be its true form, which leads us to replace it with other things such as lust, hate, or jealousy.  But each love is different, some love is only for a season, some love is for a lifetime, but it is still love, it should still exist in your heart.  We shouldn’t take the bad experiences we have had with love and shift them into different feelings just because that particular love is no longer progressing. In order to understand that and recognize love when it comes we must first love ourselves in every aspect of our lives. I know that there are going to be times when we aren’t feeling ourselves or we may be going through a struggle, but we still must love our selves because we are growing. You’ll never be able to love properly if you think love is perfect because it’s not, love feels like shit sometimes but when love is done right it’s one of the best feelings in the world, no drug could ever compare to the high that love gives you. Love trumps all things and love wins every time. I’m still learning myself, so I know I don’t possess all the answers but what I can tell you from experience is; even though the love that I knew isn’t growing anymore it still lives inside of me, it helps me get through my hard times and it has made me who I am today. I try to do everything with love because I know that those who possess love in their hearts will feel me and for those who don't, I have hope that one day they will. 

To be continued....