I THINK I ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF many when I say love sounds scary. Because of the idea of falling out of love, because the possibility of one person , the person I've entrusted my secrets to, the one person who understands my flaws and insecurities, and worst of all the one person I've entrusted my emotions to can one day not want or feel that they can reciprocate the same feelings towards me.
I fear my emotions can be manipulated and used against me. I fear become vulnerable. While these thoughts may be crippling this is all to say that one day we must take that impossible leap to tuck these insecurities away and to put our trust into someone and when that day comes, no matter how scared you may be you have to put 100 percent of your ability and your effort into this other person. You have to trust that they can serve as your equal. There is no wrong or right definition of what love is nor is there one definitive experience of love.
I can only tell you what I think love is and what it is not. To me, above everything, love must be selfless , it means to put someone else in front of you , tending to the needs of another before your own. To play someone's happiness above yours. Love is encouraging the growth of another as they encourage yours. Love is not fear. Your solace can be found in another person if you just let them. Do not spend the rest of your life regretting that you didn't give someone your all.
KB
