Wednesday, March 28, 2007

LOVE: AN ACT OF WILL, NOT OF THE HEART

Love. A four letter word defined by a thousand words. A word so deep. A word which burns in people’s hearts and minds. The only word and a feeling you want to feel from someone yet hurts and scars so badly when it leaves. If it hurts so badly, why do people still want to experience or go through it?

When felt, love changes a person from worst to best. Love is the most talked about thing these days, as early as 15 years old, teenagers engage in relationships like calling themselves “girlfriends” and ”boyfriends”. Is this the power of love? It is unstoppable but patient and true.

How is love felt? Or when can love be felt or how do you know that what you are feeling for that person is love and not mere infatuation? These are just some of the questions people ask and sometimes my friends ask of me. I wonder why they ask me, I even have not experienced it myself, so how would I know. I remember asking a friend when love is felt, his answer? Love comes in unexpectedly and when it hits you it is like being slapped hard awake from a deep slumber. I never expected that answer to come from his lips. So this is love.

Love is an act of will not of the heart. It is something to be decided upon on whether to pursue or not when it is felt. If you think love is an act of the heart, think again. Love is felt and made known by the heart but it is up to the person to know its trueness and loyalty and on whether he will be pursuing it or not. Love can die in a blink of an eye, so once it is felt, do not let your heart be the judge on whether to pursue it or not but decide it on your will. If deep within you, you feel that you are not sure , you could always continue to blossom it as long as you want it to, it really is an act of will. Acting by what the heart tells you may lead you to regret. One person must not listen only to her heart but also to what her mind tells her and act out of will, or act out of believing that once you love this person you are determined and fixed to never leave this person’s side and always know the purpose of your intended pursuance to loving him/ her.

Loving a certain person is not always a bed of roses, you also experience difficulties and sometimes quarrel because of certain misunderstandings, but as long as you believe that your love for that someone should not end there and instead want to keep the promise of forever pursuing the purpose of loving her, you will see that loving is a great experience.##

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