Foretold Love

 

At some point in a person's life, they will hear someone tell them, "You do not know what you hold so dearly until you have lost it." In that moment, we ungraciously heed their tell-tale warning. Choosing to live ignorantly only to fight with the ones who truly cared about us. 

As time takes its toll, we weep deliriously for the relations we have lost. For the moments that "could have been." But, no. Instead, we arduously chose not to do so. We chose to maliciously hate rather than to love. In reality, we should have been searching for the key to happiness-love.

People say there is no set definition for love. Honestly, that may be true. How can you define something that has no limit? However, if one would distill love down to its essence, it might be defined along the lines of this: Love means caring about someone beyond all rationality. When you love someone, your feelings do not halt. Ever. They will never subside, nor should they dissipate. Even if people criticize you, you keep your heart strong. You do NOT give up because if you did, it would be some other expendable "thing", not love. It would be something that is not worth fighting for. We cannot abandon ship every time we encounter a bad storm. If that were to be false, love would be inane. When a soldier goes off to war, he does not relinquish the people he cares about. Otherwise, he would go off thinking there is no reason to come back safely.

We too often let the wrong people attach themselves to our hearts, letting them get into our heads and poison our thoughts. In the end, we abandon the people who have always been there by our side. The ones who gave us limitless, unquestionable love. 

Some people choose not to believe in the concept of love. Although, if we cease to believe, why would we want to live? If you love someone, you tell them. Look them straight in their face and say the words, "I love you." Because one day you will finally wake up and regret the things you did not say or did not do. You will be left with a stark realization of how things "could have been" if only you had chosen to try.

Even if you are scared that it is not the rational thing to do, is it not worth pursuing? You can not go forward if you are internally filled with self-doubt for the trepidation of trying. No one said it would be an easy task. Quite frankly, it will be strenuous. Despite that, you will work towards it because it is what you deeply desire. When things go wrong in life, as they sometimes will. Cement yourself to the fight when you are hardest hit. 

People do not abandon love. They vacate the people they were using. It hurts getting absolutely no love from the people you care about. Nevertheless, we live in a harsh reality where we only accept the love that we think we deserve. In some instances, you have to abandon what your head says to rationally do and lead with your heart. We should all have the people we live for. And we should be that person someone else lives for.