disclaimer: I am not in love, I'm merely commenting on the subject. No, I don't know why I wrote this.

I think that the definition of love is gradually losing its meaning. Frankly, to teenagers who have barely stepped into society and really experience its dregs, love is merely a fairytale, something frivolous, something to brag about, he/she is just someone who can be easily replaced by another person. You might think you love him/her, but just what is love?

Is love just something you can easily sprout of, gush about, dream of? Is love just a word you throw around, and say blindly to a pretty face? Can you say it to the same person a few years from now, when he/she has perhaps changed? Can you give reasons to why you would love him/her without being selfish?

Perhaps, there are people out there who have experienced true love, but they also have experiences that we don't. They have gone through the fire, and came out wiser, unlike most of us teenagers who have been sheltered for years. Love doesn't come just like that, and most definitely not at a easy price. Sacrifices must be made, but in this selfish world, just how much can one sacrifice?

Love doesn't have to be romantic, or even platonic. Just how much are you worth? To your family, your friends, your acquaintances, or even the passerbys that you just met? And similarly, how much are they worth to you? How much can you love your fellow mankind? How much can you love this world? This Earth that we are killing everyday, with our irresponsible ways and actions. How much does that random cat on the street, the moon in the sky, the wind in your hair, the leaves in the wind, just how much is all of that worth, to you? It could be nothing, and also everything. It depends on how much you are able to love these things/events around you.

Love is not something that one can describe/explain in mere words, it's something to be experienced, but at the same time, it's not something that you can just say without understanding it, or even knowing it.

Labels: life, musings