And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
We've heard songs about it, seen it in the movies, heard it talked about on Oprah by relationship experts, and read about it in thousands of self help books. But, what is love? We all want to feel loved. We think about it, hope for it, fantasize about it, go to great lengths to achieve it, and feel that our lives are incomplete without it. The lack of love is the cause of most of our anger and confusion. It is no exaggeration to say that our emotional need for love is just as great as our physical need for air and food. But what I want to know is if that “Can’t eat, can’t sleep, reach for the stars” type of love is even out there. What if we are looking for, longing for, that ever after love, that whole, consuming love doesn’t even it exist at all? Do you know of anyone who has been together for years and are still completely and hopelessly in love with each other? How do they do it? Do you believe in true love? Is it naive to think it’s out there?
After pondering on this thought for awhile I came to the conclusion that I think the problem is people make love to complicated. We play games (intentional or not), lie, fight over pointless things, and just act ridiculous. We think too much about love. We think we need someone. Love happens and we think we know every precious little about it. But in our world today it feels like everything is for sex or advancement in some aspect of our lives whether its money or a job. Love becomes a mask over our eyes when someone has all the things we desire. So I guess when I comes down to whether or not I believe in true love and that everyone has a soul mate, I do believe a very few LUCKY percentage of us will find it but unfortunately most of us will never meet that person because we will just end up settling for what we have in front of us because we feel that need to be with someone whether he/she treats us good or not. I read a quote once that said “My knight in shining armor, turned out to be just a loser in aluminum foil”. So in world full of "Reynolds wrap", is it possible to still find that Prince Charming we all hope and dream for?
those were the words that the humain being are always wait to happen..
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That's why I'm 26 and single still while all of my friends are married and/or have kids. Don't feel like "settling" for what's in front of me like it's seems many of friends have done. It's quite funny and sad at the same time how often I hear the converstations from friends complaining about this and that. I don't know about you, but I can't count how many times I've had people say they wished they were in my shoes and didn't rush into everything as they did.
ReplyDeleteFrancisco- I will for sure check it out, thanks!
ReplyDeleteTerry- I totally hear you! I swear everyone around me is either getting married or having kids. Just happy its not me, at least not yet :)
Funny- I posted a blog on this same subject today. haha its soooo true that we need love emotionally just as bad as we need food and water physically. But what a crazy and hard thing to get a hold of in such a broken world.
ReplyDeleteLove you cuz! Beautiful post!
haha really? I'll have to go check it out, great minds think alike :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!! Love ya too!!
I absolutely adore your quote at the end. Think I'll be adding that to my quote journal :)
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to love, I hope to believe there are still some classy guys out there, that like to treat a woman like a lady. I think sometimes the reasons things don't seem to blossom, is simply because of timing. I used to hear that phrase "timing is everything" so much when I was younger, and the validity of that statement never really hit me until the past few years.
I think one of the most important things before even diving into a relationship though, is to figure out who you are and what you want out of life. When you focus on you and your needs, everything else will fall into place, because you aren't defining yourself by another person...you are defining yourself through you. (If that makes any sense at all). Then- I feel the dating process becomes a bit easier because you know the traits you are searching for, and you can easily weed them out. It's kind of like training your head and your heart to beat to the same tune.
Great insight though girl :) Love your writing.
I love your writing Kaela! I may have to start a blog of my own, but it will consist of, woke up, fed baby, changed baby, did hw... BORING!!! Lol! You are such an amazing person and friend, don't be afraid to hold out for that "can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars..." kind of love... You deserve someone amazing, don't settle for average :) Love you girl!
ReplyDelete:) You are so right.. People make love to be something complicated with all of its unspoken rules- are there really any rules one should follow while experiencing this thing called love?
ReplyDeleteA quote that was shared with me in a similar time in my life has always stuck with me "Until we can appreciate the simplicity of great things-great things will pass us by."
Keep your head up- you are one strong and beautiful lady!