Afraid to Love?

Have you ever been in love? You know, nothing like an infatuation or a crush. I'm pretty sure most of you know what i'm talking about, but for those who don't i'm referring to an adoration one develops towards another individual. A feeling so strong, one finds it a myth of having the ability to concentrate on two things at once. You can't help but to constantly think of this person countlessly throughout your days. The way they smile at you after you have just done the silliest thing others would have scolded you for. The way their eyes slowly make the inevitable journey of interlocking with yours. The way their cheeks wrinkle when you have just made them laugh. The warm, blissful, sedated-like feeling you recieve after embracing them with your arms. The way you say their name in a different tone as apposed to the tone you use towards friends and acquaintences. Or maybe you just can't get over how darn great they smell. These thoughts seize and consume every bit of space in your mind for memories and selfishly only make room for themselves. When this person loves you back, it's a blessing. When they do not, it's an ailment. At times one will love you, and sometimes that love will dissipate. Many find it a risk to love because they live in fear of what it's future has to bring. So they just choose not to. And I believe this is not the approach anyone should take. Love bestows upon you a sense of meaning and happiness. But most important of all, it bestows upon you the experience that is life. Having experienced love, one has acquired more knowledged than the person who hasn't experienced it. In order to live life, one must throw themselves out into the world and just live it. Your heart will come out a little bruised, but in the end, your heart will be that of a veteran. Jim Morrison, a wise man whom said, “People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”  This is a man whom has lived life.