Sunday, March 7, 2010

What is love? How does it happen?

I don’t think I am capable, eligible or experienced enough to either explain what love is or how it happens but I will take a shot at it. Had I known the inner secrets of love things would have been so much different in life not just mine but a lot of other people that I know. So getting back to the never ending quest,

“What exactly is love?”

Well, love is defined in a number of different ways by different people most commonly heard as “Love is a feeling” but to me love is not just a feeling, it definitely begins as a feeling but is much more by the time a person realizes it. It need not necessarily be between a guy and a girl, the essence of love is the same whether it is between a parent and a child or siblings or even between a guy and a girl. There is no categorization in love. Either you love someone or you don’t but there definitely is an extent to which you love a person. Love is a feeling that makes people either do or not do things that they usually would do or not do if they were not in love. Maybe a little confusing but this is what I mean by it, Love changes people in such a way that not just others but the person him/her self will notice the changes in them. The person is love tries to blend into the likes and dislikes of the person they are in love with. This can be noticed in any case. I have noticed my parent’s life spinning around the likes and dislikes of us (me and my sister). I was shocked to find a totally different me and I kind of hated the fact that I changed as much but then I realized that it is not something that happens or one does on purpose. It’s not a bad thing to change for the people that you love but the cost of changing oneself for someone else is heavy.

Well, without drifting away from the actual topic, love is not something anyone can force be it between parents and kids or siblings or two people. Some people say that parents have to love their children, wife/husband has to love their spouse or siblings should always love each other. Nobody has to do anything in this world. It’s all a choice that every person makes and lives by it. Some make good choices while others make, let me call them, not so good choices. I have seen parents that hate their kids and vice versa, we all have read news where there has been hatred among the people that are supposed to be together and loving each other. These are some of the examples of why man need not do anything. Most of the rules set by the society are made by people like you and I. It is not necessary that everyone has to agree with the other person all the time. Love is an attitude that you have towards your fellow being, it does not have to be associated with a relation or a name all the time, even though the society disagrees with this.
Love begins as a feeling in a person which makes the person change (maybe for good or for bad), makes the person do a lot of things depending on to what extent his/her love is. It is also not necessary that if you love someone you have to get the same love in return – actually this seldom happens. We have all heard – Love without expecting anything in return – but we are after all human. We are weak and are incapable of lifting ourselves above a standard. Love without expecting anything in return would be unconditional love. We have all read about this in books but did we see anyone like this? Maybe some people do but for now all I can say is that it is above human standards to love everyone unconditionally.

Love happens, but how? Well, love happens sometimes because it is bound to happen like in the case of parents and kids or siblings, they know the other person and they have an idea that they have to like and love the person but this does not necessarily end up being love all the time. Depends on a various other conditions and just like this people fall in love for a lot of reasons. People love something or someone because they either find something that they are used to or something that touches them and this same feeling over a period of time grows into an inseparable bond between the two people or the person and the thing. It is also a feeling that is caused by getting used to the person or the thing. Feeling of love grows stronger by getting used to. There are different ways a person can show their love it can be by buying gifts or by hugs and kisses but the best way is to be available when you are needed the most. This is one way of showing your love that can never be beaten.

Every human is capable of loving. Everyone has experienced the feeling of love sometime or the other, be it towards another person, for a thing or another feeling. When someone says, “I hate that person with all my heart” they are saying that they love the feeling of hating that person. It might sound like magic of words but this is the fact. Someone once said, it’s all about choices and the decisions we make. When someone says “No” to something they are automatically saying “Yes” to something else. It’s a choice they made.

The bottom line is, Yes Love is a feeling and a lot more than just being a feeling. Every person is capable of loving, try to love everyone around you but also remember that we are all human so do not expect someone to love without any expectations. Love is beautiful, love is great but like all other things there are two sides to it. It can be the best while it can be the worst so maintaining the balance and gaining the composure to handle it the right way is a primary requirement.

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