Love.

That funny little word.  Amazing how much of an impact it has on us, yet there are some out there who don't believe in it.  Recently I was a bit shocked to hear this from the grapevine within our very own community of students.  It's not that I don't believe that everyone is not entitled to their own rights, it's just that I find it strange because I believe love is one of the attributes that makes us truly human.

This of course implies that other animal species cannot love, which is a serious fallacy, (seeing as we've got the arrogance that we are one of the highest class of race, I guess that it's understandable) but if you look at pop culture media, and how love is plastered all over it, bursting with romance at the seams it's practically impossible to deny.  I could say that I'm a self confessed hopeless romantic, and my belief in love perhaps will never die out (fingers crossed) but I notice that maybe some say it because they have been hurt before?  Or because they haven't been in a relationship themselves?

Yet the thing is, you can't go wrong, when people all over the world are in love.

I find love to be absolutely real and true, because it's intangible. I have my personal philosophy; nothing that we gain physically on this plane is ours for the keeping, we are borrowing all we see and touch as an experience - no one makes it out of this life alive, figuratively (and literally!) speaking.  Because love has this untouchable nature, it is something that stays with us - often This intangibility makes it so beautiful - it is inside of you - do you ever feel the need to express your love for someone or something yet cannot find the words to do so?  THIS is love.  Do you just on impulse work in certain ways that you can't explain when the thought of what you love crosses your mind?  THIS is love.  It's all there.  The winds of change and hope are blowing for those who can hear.

Yes love, has a great power.  It makes it both a tool of incredible good and maliciousness at the same time.  We always hear the stories about someone nursing a broken heart, and the pain that spreads in the landfill of the heart.  It does claim the lives of some, it does possess us to do things we'd never dream of pursuing otherwise. Yet we forget, about those who are living out their lives filled with joy because of that special someone.  Many people do spend their lives looking for love, and while that may seem like a foolish endeavour it's not like we can say that it isn't attainable - surely you can look around you and find some living proof.

Also, herein I've only focused on side of love; love is paternal, maternal and everything else you feel.  I love my friends.  I know I would go to the ends of the earth for quite a few of them, because the relationship is so strong; too true, when you have love like this, what else do you really need?

They say we're always searching for the truth.  I hate to break it to everyone, but love is something that cannot be broken down into segments for analysis, so that it can be determined to be a truth.  It's not.  Plain and simple.  It is the most irrational feeling which is why so many of us are obsessed with it.  Don't you think this makes it all the more exciting?

Just my food for thought for the day.

PS Found later:

I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT OF INFATUATION. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BEING ‘INFATUATED’ WITH SOMEONE MEANS YOU THINK YOU ARE IN LOVE, BUT YOU’RE ACTUALLY NOT; INFATUATION IS SUPPOSEDLY JUST A FOOLISH, FLEETING FEELING. BUT IF BEING ‘IN LOVE’ IS AN ABSTRACT NOTION, AND IT’S NOT TANGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO PHYSICALLY PROVE IT TO ANYONE ELSE. WELL, HOW IS BEING IN LOVE ANY DIFFERENT THAN HAVING AN INFATUATION? THEY’RE BOTH HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS. IF YOU THINK YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE, THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE; THINKING AND FEELING IS THE SUM TOTAL OF WHAT LOVE IS. WHY DO WE FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO CERTIFY EMOTIONS WITH SOME KIND OF RETROSPECTIVE, SELF-IMPOSED AUTHENTICITY?
- Chuck Klosterman