What is Love?

In this article, I don’t want to be like other authors who ask you things but will then answer them later. I want to share my own perspective on a very interesting thing. I want to extrapolate on the highly discussed concept of love. I will not give you the meaning of love not because it’s undefined. As a matter of fact I dreamed of its real meaning last night, but I forgot to write it down. This is just my personal justification.

In the history the world, love has played a vital role. It has been a principal cause of war. It was able to conquer death. It even made people give-up all they have. Others received hope from love and some were able to exchange their lives just for it. These things aren’t common to every emotion. Love is so unique that it defies the boundary between what is good and what is bad.

I have read definitions of love. Some are completely agreeable; others are sort of fuzzy. If it’s an emotion that comes from the heart, then it must be a product of something. Well science tells us that everything is composed of atoms. Then love maybe is made-up of atoms too, but I hardly think someone is capable of deciphering its chemical structure. Maybe it’s composed of cells because they say that it is alive. But then again, no one can draw the anatomy of love.

Love is an intimate feeling, a thing which can drive anyone crazy, a song that can calm and serenade a ferocious soul.  It’s like an oxymoron, perhaps even a paradox. I experienced love, and I strongly believe everyone has. This feeling is so powerful. It can’t move mountain, as opposed to an old adage, because only earthquakes can. But how will we be able to say that love exists if we can’t completely define it.

A lot of books, including the Bible, Koran, and other holy scriptures talked of love. Literary geniuses from around the world have written things about it to the point that I am sure of the fact that every language has its own word for love. Artists have drawn, sculpted, and built their own interpretation of love. The funny thing is that none of them was able to define it in a logical and concrete manner.

Existing in a sphere called earth, we all are able to encounter and feel love in different degrees. On the context of the acute ones, we tend to hide them in our pockets. The obtuse and reflex ones are extremely shown that sometimes we have to exhort someone to give us an immediate response. But on cases where it is the right one, we are serene, compassionate, devoted and straightforward. Well, if only there is a protractor designed to measure how large angles of love are, I would have purchased one.

On my own discrete opinion, love is not a thing that comes in no expense because it will cause you a lot of resources. I am not trying to refer to the roses, the chocolates and the sparkling rocks on rings engraved with the phrases “I Love You”, “You’re the Only One” or “Sweetheart” but of the things that are less luxurious, albeit more important, like time, laughs, hugs and kisses. All of these and other amazing benefits make love a priceless possession.

I beg to disagree that love is a feeling of absolute happiness. It’s a combination of positive and the negative emotions. We love because we are ready to get hurt. We love because we are willing to sacrifice. Above all, we love because we believe in our hearts. There is no perfect love, only right love. And the moment you have it, you are willing to give everything away just for that one right thing. The truth is that love turns everyone possessing it a selfless individual.

Love exists in different forms: it may shape like a pyramid, a cross or a piece of crumpled paper. This is not because love isn’t well-structured, but because love is a flexible thing. It can be that you love the way she lie, or you love her the way she is or you love her cause you want to go on a bad romance. You can go speechless and breathless with love. Even to the extent that you just need somebody to love in order to live. You want love for a reason, and the reason is love.

So much with these lyrical thoughts, I am completely puzzled right now. It’s too complicated when you want to end an article about something that is unfathomable. Perhaps, I might end up loosening the screws of my brain. But before that happens, I want to tell you that at the very moment of writing this article I am beguiled by ultimate emotion called love.

Let’s spread our love by praising God, respecting our parents, and doing righteous things for the betterment of the world! Happy Valentines Day folks!