Thursday, May 23, 2013

Doesn't matter who you are, you need this.

Love

It's a very interesting concept. When you really think about it, love is the reason we do many things.

 For some of us that includes working at a job to support a family. While to others, it means devoting one's life to serving those around them. It's the reason we marry. It's the reason we reach out to someone who needs help. It's the reason we see beauty in this life. To understand love, one must first love him/herself. To understand love, one must learn to see the beauty surrounding them.
 Love is so complex, it's easy to get confused.. But here's another thing: Love is so simple. Our lives complicate the simple joys of love. Some of us take the love of a loved one for granted. We forget to see the beauty around us. We forget to love ourselves. WE FORGET TO LOVE. We forget that love is about selflessness and we let selfishness poison the love around us, almost willingly!

Love is about more than just brother, sister, mother, father, husband, wife. It's about respect. Many a time it has been said "We accept the love we think we deserve." (I have never seen or read Perks of Being a Wallflower)

BUT WHAT IF WE JUST ACCEPTED LOVE, NO MATTER IF WE FELT WE DESERVED IT?!
What would this world be like?

Lots of the times, we see love as a payment. It should never be seen that way at all! Love is given freely with no charge or payment accepted back. We abuse love when we do something only for the benefit of ourselves. That's not love. That's lusting after yourself. To think of it another way: Why do something only for yourself, when you can do something for someone else? When you do it only for yourself, it stops right there. When you do it for someone else, they want to do something for someone else as well. 

I've learned a lot about love over the past few years. But more importantly, I've learned that you have to make an effort to love. When you put your heart into that effort, chances are you not only blessing someone else's life, but your own. And yeah, that my friends, is not lust. That is love. And love is rewarding and blesses the lives of many. 

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like, what your values are, where you're going, or what you've done. You need this. You need love.

"So take your time, there's always tomorrow!"




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