Her eyes, their beauty forever imprinted in my memory, they tell what words could never say.
The laughter they hold and the pain they hide, her eyes draw me into their wondrous blue sky.
Love is a word that appears in all forms of our everyday lives. “You'll love it”, “I love him”, “we love this.” It's thrown around so often that I believe we no longer understand what love truly means. According to a quick Google search love is defined as an “intense feeling of deep affection” or a “person or thing that one loves.” Two contradicting definitions for one seemingly simple word. Is love a feeling or is love a person/thing? Who gets to decide what love is? Ask 100 different people what love is and you'll get 100 different answers. Suddenly love isn't so easy to define anymore. Many say that love is what you feel and share with a “significant other” but then does that mean that I can't say that I love tacos? And if love is only a feeling then why is that we look for love in other people and things instead of “feeling” love for ourselves? I'm no therapist and I don't claim to have the answers to these questions either. My aim with this article is to get all of us, myself included, to truly think of what love means to us. To me, love is neither a thing or a person- I refuse to confine love into what I believe it should be, rather I let it flow freely- coming into my life in whichever way it pleases. Whether it's through the eyes of a beautiful soul or through a perfect taco from the taco truck around the corner of my Tia's house. According to Corinthians 13:5-7: “Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.”
This is one of my favorite descriptions of love simply because of its ambiguity. Rather than telling us exactly what love is, it merely states characteristics of love. When you do something you love you'll do it no matter what happens, on a good day or a bad day- because love endures. We give our love to others because love is not selfish. The embrace of a loved one can brighten our day because love holds no evil. You can see where I'm going here. There is so much more to this human sensation than what Webster and his dictionary can explain. My definition of love is simple. There is none. Love is a force in which I do not understand and cannot explain, and that is how I prefer it to be. For me, having all the answers takes the joy out of life. Therefore, I'll let love’s eyes draw me into her sea of blue every time, for they overcome me with a feeling greater than what I have ever known before.
What does love mean to you?
Love is a word that appears in all forms of our everyday lives. “You'll love it”, “I love him”, “we love this.” It's thrown around so often that I believe we no longer understand what love truly means. According to a quick Google search love is defined as an “intense feeling of deep affection” or a “person or thing that one loves.” Two contradicting definitions for one seemingly simple word. Is love a feeling or is love a person/thing? Who gets to decide what love is? Ask 100 different people what love is and you'll get 100 different answers. Suddenly love isn't so easy to define anymore. Many say that love is what you feel and share with a “significant other” but then does that mean that I can't say that I love tacos? And if love is only a feeling then why is that we look for love in other people and things instead of “feeling” love for ourselves? I'm no therapist and I don't claim to have the answers to these questions either. My aim with this article is to get all of us, myself included, to truly think of what love means to us. To me, love is neither a thing or a person- I refuse to confine love into what I believe it should be, rather I let it flow freely- coming into my life in whichever way it pleases. Whether it's through the eyes of a beautiful soul or through a perfect taco from the taco truck around the corner of my Tia's house. According to Corinthians 13:5-7: “Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.”
This is one of my favorite descriptions of love simply because of its ambiguity. Rather than telling us exactly what love is, it merely states characteristics of love. When you do something you love you'll do it no matter what happens, on a good day or a bad day- because love endures. We give our love to others because love is not selfish. The embrace of a loved one can brighten our day because love holds no evil. You can see where I'm going here. There is so much more to this human sensation than what Webster and his dictionary can explain. My definition of love is simple. There is none. Love is a force in which I do not understand and cannot explain, and that is how I prefer it to be. For me, having all the answers takes the joy out of life. Therefore, I'll let love’s eyes draw me into her sea of blue every time, for they overcome me with a feeling greater than what I have ever known before.
What does love mean to you?
This piece was truly beautiful, i enjoyed reading every word and how in depth you were with your choice of diction. I completely agree with you that we, all of us, use the word "love" easily but love is something we can't explain nor answer. This blog was abstract and written beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThis piece touched me from the first sentence!! I really enjoyed this piece of love and the imagery with the metaphors, truly remarkable. Hearing your perspective of love really opened my eyes
ReplyDelete-Candice Velasco
I really loved your definition of love! I enjoyed reading your blog, it was so in depth and I also loved how you used the bible verse to describe and give more imagery to the piece. Great work :)
ReplyDeleteYour piece is indeed an abstract idea. You have made me realize that "love" has an endless amount of meanings. We are unsure if it is a thing, a feeling, or even a mere adjective but you have perfectly come up with the conclusion that it is all of the above. It is safe to say "loved" this piece! -Chloe Munar
ReplyDeleteThis is a topic that many people (including me) can relate with! I love how you describe your definition of love and the word choice you put into this piece of writing! Truly Perfect!!
ReplyDeleteWhat was said about love is completely accurate. Love true meaning is depleted, but now you can see that love has grown and developed over time. This one little word has made a difference so this piece had expressed the way people don't view love, so I really admire this piece.
ReplyDeleteI was really touched by this piece when I was reading it. It was interesting to see love from a different perspective. Truly beautiful
ReplyDeleteSarah Skibby
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This piece was absolutely amazing, just the abstract idea of love and how it we throw it around but yet it had so many definitions and that the importance of it is that at the end of the day the feeling of love still remains. We are so resilient that love will always exist whether a person causes it or a thing.
ReplyDelete-Marycristy Garcia
Your description of love is extremely accurate and with your explanation of how love's definition is so ambiguous, it brings out a general truth about it. Excellent piece.
ReplyDelete-Edmund Yim
The topic you chose was very interesting because I feel that love is just a word we toss around. When we use it, we don't stop and think if we truly love something, or if it's just to express a "love" for something.-Caleb Leyva P.2
ReplyDeleteThis piece was written really well. The first sentence Had me intrigued right from the start. I really liked the piece and enjoyed the subject of it. Great Job!-Jesse Jauregui
ReplyDeleteThis piece had me laughing one moment and near tears the next. I loved your use of humor to discuss a serious topic. It provided the "comic relief" I needed to not cry while reading the serious parts. Great points made and great job of making the reader think about this topic.
ReplyDeleteYou're tackling a very common question and topic that people have been asking for hundreds of years, but your approach is so original and thought-provoking that I'm not mad. I especially enjoy your subtle hints of humor (I, too, love tacos) as well as your own personal feelings, emotions, and references. -Fatima J.
ReplyDeleteThe way you strung together such contradictory views, still managed to make sense of it all, and keep a train of thought is commendatory in itself, however, you went beyond even that with your own take on it. The humor and personal mentions integrated within are done so, very nicely. It was beautiful to read and a wonderful take on a simple idea. Also Chloe took the joke I was going to make, but it's still true nonetheless.
ReplyDelete- Megan Kukwa
There are so many different interpretations of love, but I liked how you perceived the word itself. It was truly a breakdown of an abstract concept that centers among everyone of us as humans.
ReplyDelete- Kenny Abraham
This piece really spoke to me, and I'm sure for others as well. Everything you said about the whole concept of love is spot on, and I thought your bible verse was beautifully placed. This helped open my eyes in a way, for as of late I've been questioning the very title of your piece. - Brendan Sweeney
ReplyDeleteLove, I find your perspective of it interesting, I enjoy how you don't specifically give "love" a definition yet you express what it means to you, when you say "I'll let love’s eyes draw me into her sea of blue every time, for they overcome me with a feeling greater than what I have ever known before." it truly allows the reader know what goes on in your mind. You still got it, I've missed reading your pieces. Great use of imagery with your syntax and tone.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your piece and the use of diction throughout it, i felt as it is relatable because everyone does have a different definition of "love" and I liked how you described love. -lexy m
ReplyDeleteReally Enjoyed this piece!! I like the way you described love but not just one meaning of it but multiple meanings because this includes with family, friends, and much more and I relate to this very much which is another fact of why I like this piece!! Good Job!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLeo,I love your piece and how you wrote about the definition of love and what it really mean to you because I can understand and I get it. It is for sure going to get me thinking more than I do now. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteThe ending has got me, I don't truly know the answer to that question. What I can say is your definition to love is truly intelligent, your writing style is great and kept me invested throughout the read. Thank you for sharing this blog with us.
ReplyDeleteI agree very much with your idea. Love is something which is undefinable, it is a feeling we cannot explain. I like your word choice and liked how you referenced the bible!
ReplyDelete-Raaghav Wadhawan
I found it interesting that you see this as an abstract idea although I completely agree with you. Love can be interpreted in many different ways and its sometimes hard to see what people do out of love. I also appreciated your description of love.
ReplyDeleteI love the taco comment in the middle. It brought a bit of comic relief to this serious piece. I can really feel how passionate you are about this subject matter through your words. This is a great blog post!
ReplyDelete-Arianna Perez
This piece of work is a great eye opener to the idea of love. I agree with you that the word love is just thrown out there with no meaning and how we just lost the true meaning of love. Very great piece.
ReplyDelete-Briana Santana
This was very interesting, I loves the references you used and the way you view love. I definitely agree with you when you say it can be interpreted many ways and the way you described love, it was truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteyour answer to this question, that is very common was great. you used abstract ideas and personal experiences to form your definition of love and I really liked that. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThis piece was beautiful I really enjoyed how in depth you went into such a simple word that is thrown around on a daily basis. This piece was an eye opener. Great work my dude!
ReplyDeleteI love this piece. Your use of personification so beautifully defines love. I could not agree with you more and it was perfectly stated. Well done! - Taren Thomas
ReplyDeleteThis was so well written. It not only makes you think about what love means to you but also how love affects you. You gave so many examples from something as simple as a taco to something as complex as a relationship with another human being. It is very interesting how you connected love to many parts of your life, not just one aspect. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThis piece is really inspirational because you actually talk about something that a lot of us young people say when we think that we're in love with someone and we actually don't even know what love is. I think this piece is really beautiful I'm happy that you wrote something that is very relatable and basically trending at this point in our lives. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful piece. I enjoyed reading every word and your dicton was very indepth. Completely agree with you that the word "love" is different to everyone.
ReplyDelete-Akunna Chilaka
I really like how you included 1 Corinthians 13 in your piece. That chapter truly explains what true love is. Our society almost profanes the word by using it so often. We often forget the deep meaning of it.
ReplyDeleteI loved how you said you'll get 100 different answers from 100 different people because you're answer to "What is love?" is definitely unique. I'm making a movie in film club about all the different aspects of love and I've read so many answers to that question but you answered it in such a beautiful way. Plus, you also answered it with a question which is just awesome in itself. Great piece! -Jøhnny Blue
ReplyDeleteWow this was amazing! Love has so many meanings and value. This was just amazing to read and it has such a surreal connection! Great Job! -Mercedes Bradford
ReplyDeleteYou've got the best words mannnn..
ReplyDeleteBeautifully stated! Your points are precise, and bring forth an extremely important question. Love to me is, as you said, an unidentifiable force that is nonetheless an absolute necessity. It IS NOT rude, not evil, not selfish. It is universal, it is vital, it is the answer and the cure. The verse from Corinthians you quoted is wonderful and wonderfully used by the way. Anyway, great job.
"You just gotta show a lil love"
This abstract literary piece was insightful and interpretive by allowing the audience to find what love means to them on a personal level, and had detailed descriptions and solid word choice. - Timothy Miraflores
ReplyDeleteIn our generation the word "love" is profaned, which means its overused and abused. This abstract idea is not easy because there are so many different definitions and interpretations of this thing known as love. I appreciate your idea, and I agree with it. This was very beautiful and touching. We need more love in the world!
ReplyDelete- Rachel Adzaho
I love this! It made me rethink the word love and how I use it. Love is a strong word that should be thrown around carelessly. You gave he word love meaning again. Good job!! :)
ReplyDelete- Alana Robinson, P4
I found this piece very interesting because it really changed my whole perspective on what the meaning of love is. Whenever you used the word "love" you gave it a whole different meaning.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece i was drawn in from the first sentence. I loved your definition of love. - Ladaijah
ReplyDeleteI like the idea that everyone has their own definition of love. I think that's really beautiful but I feel some people abuse the word and will use it when they don't even mean it and I find that very sad because love is a strong word in my opinion although many people use it carelessly.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with the idea that the words "I love you" are thrown around way too often. Love is way too complicated to define and to be thrown around aimlessly! Good job on writing a piece bringing up something that I agree is an issue that is demeaning words that should hold a lot of meaning. -Jonathan Castillo
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