Love.

This is a most mysterious word to many, not excluding myself. What does it mean? How does it feel? Why does it hurt? Can you live without it? I will be honest when I say that i believe in love. I will be honest when I say that you will know what it feels like. I will be honest when I say that I don't think you can live without it. I will also be honest when I say that it is the most incredible and also the most painful thing that you will feel, simultaneously, separately, they are interwoven. A tapestry of colors, representing emotions, threads crossing over each other, as emotions, highs and lows. A virtually unending fabric of texture and substance. At the beginning, it is amazing, it fits, it works, there are no tears or holes, unsightly seams or patches, the threads fit together tightly. As time wears on, regardless of how good or bad a relationship is, the fabric of its construction will eventually be torn here, become tattered there, threadbare, and yet, sometimes it stays together to become a most cherished and loved part of our lives. The most important "thing" we come to possess. Love. What is it? It isn't tangible, we cant feel it as a material, we cannot see the state it is in with our eyes, we cannot hear it or taste it. And yet, a glance into the life of a romantic shows that we can, colors become dull and drab, feelings become numb and insensitive. How is this possible? Love is not living, and yet it can make us feel so alive. Love is not dead, and yet it can make us feel so alone, so neglected or abused, so hollow or depleted. How can a single emotion, run so the gamut of so many others. The scope of the word love cannot be examined by an individual or even by many. It is everywhere, it makes us do things we cannot explain. It makes us crazy, but it drives us as well. It drives us to look for the good in people. It drives us to fight for something we want. It can break us. It can heal us. It can come when least expected. It can be right in front of you. There is one thing that you cannot do when it comes to love however. Do not question it. It is real, it does exist and if you feel it does not, then open your eyes. Someone loves you. Everyone needs it. Do not despair, love surrounds and envelops us, it is everywhere and it is within everyone... It is bigger than you or I, it is smaller than fresh dew drops. Look for love in everything and everyone, and this world will hold so much more for you...