Yesterday, as I was walking down the stairs from class heading to the canteen, I heard a boy with a soft voice call me behind, "Thuresh?". I turned behind, searching for the voice, and in a glimpse, he told me, "I Love you." I freeze for a split second, staring into his eyes, still trying to figure out what he had just said.
I could sense he was anxious and relieved at the same time. My blushing was so obvious as my cheeks got red like tomatoes until my sister woke me up and said, "Hey, it's 7: get ready for your online class". As I sat on my bed recalling my dream, I smiled thinking of the three words said by the boy whose face was unrecognizable. Believe it or not, I was still smiling thinking about those words as my teacher was calling my name to answer her question. She had no idea I was lost in a wonderland and had mistook me for not sitting in front of the screen. After some time, I asked myself a question: why was I on top of the cloud even though I never knew who the boy was? This is when I realised the reason for my happiness wasn't the boy but the love he conveyed to me. This is when I realise how powerful the word is and how it can transform a bad night into a wonderful morning.This is when I figured out what love meant to me. And so here I am to share with you my thoughts about LOVE.
Before going further into what love means to me, I would like to start the conversation with these two lines from a Tamil song named Anbe Sivam:
If the heart was just seen as flesh, then the fire would eventually eat it up.
If the heart is used as an instrument of love, then it will conquer death!
Love is a beautiful tool that shapes someone into a better one. Love is more than a word; it is an emotion and that is why, in whatever language you translate it to, the feeling for the word will never change. In fact, that is the reason most of us could emerge ourselves in a love-themed movie even if we don't understand the language. Love can be formed between a couple, parent and child, friends, leaders and people, people and people, humans and animals, and humans and nature. Love is more than the affection and caring you have for someone. It comprises respect, loyalty, understanding, tolerance, sacrifices, commitment, and, of course, honesty. Love can brighten up an individual's day and even go a step further to make one's life meaningful. Something fascinating about love is that there are no boundaries when it comes to how much, how, when or where you can share it.
No matter how much you share it with others, you will never lose a single penny. You also won't need a penny to share your love. Well, that is why you should never forget to spread the love you have within yourselves. Who knows?, a flower that wilted could bloom again by your love rain, but of course, in the mission of spreading love to others, DON'T EVER FORGET to LOVE YOURSELF in the first place.
After hearing all this from me, please don't fall for the scammers who are hiding their toxicity under the word "love." The scammers might be your parents, friends, boyfriend or girlfriend. Parents who rule the child's life as if it owns them and call it love. A boyfriend who is too obsessed with his girl and can't even stand another boy talking to her or vice versa and calls it love. Relationships that have no trust will never be love. A person who has a bad touch on you and calls it love. Remember, love can't be faked or hurt you hard, but if you feel so, then it's not love but a toxic relationship that you should move out of as fast as you can. Did you know why love is often associated with the heart? Because the heart pumps oxygen into your blood, it makes you breath and be alive. That is so love. Love should make you breath, not suffocate.
Hey! I think it's a great opportunity for me to also reveal the MYTH that I think always revolve around love:
1) LOVE is about SACRIFICES.
* To me, love has never been about sacrifices; rather, sacrifices have always been a part of love.
Love should never let you lose the real you, but enhance the you more.
2) FIGHTS will INCREASE LOVE even more
* I've never understood how fights could increase love even more, because I believe fights usually (at least to me) make a person feel uneasy about conversing with the other person. Any relationship will have fights. I agree with that. But could a frequent fight in one relationship increase the love or instead make the relationship unhealthy? (Please leave a comment below.)
3) There should be NO EXPECTATIONS IN LOVE
* You should not expect anything in return other than love. Expecting love in return is natural, unless your expectations are overwhelming to the person, as different people define love differently. Some consider love to be a gift, while others consider it to be money. For some, a physical touch (even a hand grab or kiss) is defined as love. Some define love with sweet and kind words. Some define the person's presence itself as love. It all depends on us to be moderate with our expectations.
Well, I guess I have poured all my thoughts about love onto you, my friend, and so it is time for me to end my blog here. I will end the blog with a few lines from the song Anbe Sivam:
For people who reach the path of love, there is no end!
The magnanimity of your heart dictates the length of your life. (Even after physical death, you live on.)
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