Amor

What is love?

Love is the force that binds us together.

Some friendships are based on trust and mutual gain, others are for the sake of entertainment. These relationships are tangible - we enter into them for some sort of gain that we understand, such as profit or fun.

Love ain't so simple, sister. We love despite a lack of trust, despite the lack of profit, and despite the lack of any fun whatsoever. Parents don't trust their 5 year old to be responsible, don't raise the kid for later profit (hopefully), and there's very little fun involved in cleaning up after your kid ate a random mushroom and you had to induce vomiting.

And yet we love. Granted, my example was between a parent and child, not two partners, but the same thing cane be seen in marriage. Marriage used to be for material gains, and betrothals still take place in the world. Now though, the media has reported a trend towards "Marrying for love." So what is love?

Love is the irrational force that binds us together.

Love is not physical or rational - its spiritual. No, I'm not talking religion. It's underneath someones eyes, in the expression and tears leaking out when we say goodbye. When a friendship goes deep, it strays into the range of love - and that bond doesn't vanish. I've broken off from certain people in my life, but though we don't share anything but the occasional friendly word, its that love (as between brothers) that stays for us.

Love is the spritual, irrational force that binds us together.

Self love is love as well. We have to love ourselves in order to stay connected to ourselves and to others. Those who don't or feel they can't love themselves cannot enter into true relationships because they aren't being honest. Those who suicide cite that exact lack of connection. With no real reason to stay, they leave. It's love that holds us here.

Love is the connecting, spritual, and irrational force that binds us together.