Words Of An Idle Mind

The Love We Receive

We live in a society where love is abundant. Abundant, but needs a resurrection, a redirection.

We as humans have so much love to give and receive, but unfortunately, we don't give it to humans, and so, we can't really expect them to return it right?

We fall in love with everything, be it momentarily or for infinity. With a friend's picture, their cute pet, the foosgasm we experience online, the aesthetics of someone's profile,  the sheer magic of someone's talent, and with someone's life too at times. We love it, especially when some of these people are our closest confidantes.

But, do we express that love? Do we tell them that you appreciated their existence, even if it's through a screen at times of social distancing?

We find it so easy to fall in love with fictional characters that are tailored to be loved but can't love us back. We fall in love with fiction and fantasy. We express that love openly, because we know that love is one-sided.

Why don't we fallen in love with people, actual human beings around us; share our vulnerabilities and experience the euphoria of reciprocation?

Love comes in many forms - friends, social media acquaintance, crushes, partners and family. But we shy away from expressing our love beyond emojis and compliments. We hold back our physical and verbal affection, hoping the most basic of our actions would portray our deepest emotions.

Guess what? The message was not delivered. Expression, a well-thought, heartfelt one, which shows our time,  efforts and feelings are necessary to let other people know how we feel.
We only receive the love we give.

But that's not the only factor involved.

Be ready to receive love as well. Questioning everyone's motives is not going to land us the perfect love we deserve. We accept what everyone gives, no questions asked, because everyone has their own way to share their love. We may not be comfortable with all of them though. But we can try and kindly put across our discomfort, in a way that does not demean their love, and also puts us at ease too.

Love is an ever morphing boomerang. Everytime we throw it across, it comes back, but in a changed form. It may sometimes not even come from the same person. And we, we need to open our doors, windows and our hearts to receive the love we give.