A Feeling Of Strong Or Constant Affection

Yesterday was February the 14th. Our society has made us to believe that on this day, it would be a day where people express their love. I'm saying this because I don't really know the history of Valentine's day and I don't really want to find out, but I guess you could be on two different spectrums on how you see this (normal) day. Either you really love it, or you don't give two cents on it. I, Fathia Izzati, actually like the fact that there is a day where I could let all of my creativity conundrums and make something sweet to someone. It's like that extra push where confessing your feelings to someone is accepted, encouraged even.

But what is love anyway?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary;

love

 noun \ˈləv\

: a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person

: attraction that includes sexual desire : the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship

: a person you love in a romantic way

Hah. It's funny that the definition has the word romantic. What is being romantic? It's always questions in questions in questions. Anyway, off topic.

Love is enjoying yourself, with another, putting someone else's happiness before yours. 

Love is all sorts of things. It's Friday nights curling up in your favorite blanket. It's listening to your favorite record on replay 100 times. It's seeing your parents smile at each other. All silly little things makes up you, as a person, and builds your different tastes in interest. But love towards another person? It's deep, it's affection and care. It's responsibility and embrace. Isn't that love?

I remember I used to say I don't believe in love, because you're only supposed to be in love once in your whole life, because if you don't then you will ruin the 'sancity' of love. But I stand here today, (I am actually sitting down) and I propose, that a person can love multiple times. And you never actually stop loving something. You can't do that. What you can is lose interest, maybe (as a couple). But you will always have fondness over that person, place, or thing. Love can be strong and get weak, but you will never not love. Therefore, I admit that I am wrong in saying "a person should only fall in love once". Because that's not true. Talking about soul mates is a whole other thing though…Let's talk about it when (if and only if) I get married and I stand there in my (preferably) white dress and see who I look up to as I say my I do's.