LOVE

Love can be defined in thousand ways explaining what it is not but I don’t have the precise definition explaining what it is. In our lives we have many people whom we love but very few of them are aware of this fact because we often don’t express our love. How many times do we say to our mother “ Mom, I love you!” or how many times do we tell our elder brother that we love him a lot? These things can be observed in daily lives. We easily pour out our anger on our loved ones but seldom do we admit that we love them a hell lot. We often escape this acceptance as we think that it is very well understood that we love our loved ones but it does make a great difference when we say these three beautiful words to someone we love.
Now let’s come to the meaning of “love” that is often meant by the word. Well, I have come across many people who have fallen in love with someone but because of one or other reason they haven’t been successful. I don’t understand this trend. I mean it was alright if it was the story of one or two people but it’s the case with almost everybody. The one reason I can come up with is that we often confuse love with infatuation and crush. I have seen people who say I loved someone but as she didn’t reciprocate now I am in a new relationship… we need to grow up, this is not love. I mean ( at least according to me, if you are in love with someone then you can’t forget that person and go ahead easily with a new relationship) it’s not possible. Now the point is if it happens so, then may be at first you were not actually in love or it might be that now in the new relationship you are just pretending to have forgotten the first one. And just because someone you loved, didn’t reciprocate your love doesn’t mean you should be looking ahead to a new relationship. At least to me, it sounds absurd.
What I have learnt in all these years is that love should be unconditional. I know everybody has come across this term but we don’t follow this. Even I came to know about this kind of love a few years back but have starting practicing it rigorously only a few days since. I want to share my experience. It’s actually very comforting when you love someone unconditionally. The main point is when you love someone unconditionally, you do away with all kinds of expectations, especially you don’t expect the other person to reciprocate your love etc. etc. unconditional love can never let you down, you don’t feel bad about anything because in unconditional love you just want your beloved’s happiness. Unconditional love gives you a reason to have faith in God, you start believing in His powers and pray to Him for your beloved’s well being and so on.
So, I can close this by saying that life is to love and love unconditionally and let your loved ones know that you love them so often repeat these words:
I LOVE YOU