Saturday, April 11, 2009
How Do You Explain Why You Love Someone?

Hello guys!

The past few days have been eventful. I saw a whole array of human feelings and reactions and most importantly, I saw new life.

Someone asked me to explain why I loved them. Honestly I can say a thousand things about their good points and their person. But I can never pinpoint the exact reason. Maybe its the way they act and their genuineness. But as I'm thinking about this now, I realise that, maybe, that's what love is all about right? Isn't it about just unconditionally understanding and accepting the person next to you whatever the circumstances.

I have a theory. A theory to explain why love is so often discussed, given so many meanings by so many people and used till it becomes a cliche but that nobody can ever write down the true meaning of love. Just ask anyone how they love their spouses. You'd probably hear reasons like how they loved them so much they gave up an organ for them or you'd hear that they probably gave up their house, their savings just for that one person. But go ask them again, what is love? I don't think you'd get the same answers from before. I was stumped too.

So I think about it and again I realise, that giving up an organ or material posessions do not define love. That's just an act out of love, the result of love. That does not define love. So what is it? What's this word about? This word that has been mentioned in countless songs, in countless writings and articles, from countless lips.

I came up with a reason. You can't define love. You don't. From a religious angle. God is love. If we can't explain what God is. How can we explain love? So whatever reasons I gave on how I define love. That's just my way of explaining. We never know what is love but we know how to love someone. It's inadequate and I know this meagre meaning is the best I can put down in words. I know I will discover other ways to love as time goes by. But for now, this is it.