JOURNAL: I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

I've written about love and the people that I love many times before, and just from reading my blog one could gather that I am an affectionate person. I write about love so much that I probably sound like a big sappy person that sits around drawing rainbows and hearts all over the place. That's actually pretty accurate. Here's another post focusing on my favorite emotion: love.

I am proud to be part of the population who knows that love feels like. I know what it feels like to be loved, and in return I know what it feels like to love. I love love. I love having people in my life to find me worthy enough to be loved. I love having people in my life who are worthy enough of my love. Love is a rare and precious thing; I firmly believe that it should always be treated as such. I love a lot of people, but there are few people that I am in love with. I know what it feels like to have someone who loves you hold your hand while you walk around in public and not be ashamed of it. I know what it feels like to have a person who loves you hold you, whispering comforting words into your ear while you cry your heart out. I know what it feels like to look at a person and see their eyes light up because they see you. I know what it feels like to mean so much to a person. I know what love feels like. It is an emotion that is all-encompassing. It is an emotion that creates the best feeling in the world while also being the emotion that can destroy a person's entire soul. Love is terrifying, but also wonderful. It's condescending.

I'm not an expert on love, and I'm not pretending to be. Actually, I don't think anyone can be an expert on love. It's too complex to be figured out well enough to have experts. I wouldn't want to be an expert on love anyway. It's way too much fun falling all over the place trying to figure this stuff out. I like finding out what drives a person, what makes them happy, sad, angry or passionate. I like finding out their quirks. I really enjoy falling in love. With that said, I only have one piece of advice: don't try to force love, it doesn't work like that. Go with the flow. Do what feels right to you, not what you think your parents, friends, or what whoever you're falling in love with wants. And one more thing, don't wish love between two other people to fail. Love is an experience everyone deserves to have. Love isn't a one time thing, it happens again and again, as hard as it can be to encourage certain people to be in love with other people, we must try. It's really only their business. Fall in love with whoever you want, don't let anyone tell you you aren't worth it or that person doesn't deserve you. That's just not true.

Now, all together, let's hug. I love you.