All You Need Is Love

I have spent a lot of time lately pondering the emotion called Love.  I have friends falling in and out of Love, questioning their relationships,

and for myself, I wonder if Love has anything in store for me in the future, although the cocoon wrapped around me after Eddie died is still intact.

Here’s the deal – I’ve personally experienced almost every iteration of “Love” one can experience.

Puppy, Crush, Infatuation, Lust, Obsession, Hate (in my opinion you must Love someone before you can feel something as strong as hate), and LOVE.

Such a simple word for such a complex emotion.  Some would argue that the first six descriptions I list above aren’t Love at all.  But when you are feeling them, they are real – even if the feeling is temporary.

Is there any other emotion that can create so much angst, fear and euphoria all in the same day?

So what is it about Love?  Because even though I have experienced it, I still can’t explain it.

Because Love usually involves humans (hey, what you do in the privacy of your own home is your business), every time it happens, it is unique.

I know some people who simply can’t handle it.  They go through one break up and boom – they’re out.  Never-going-there-again.  Cowards….

And there are others, myself included, who are eternally optimistic about Love.

We “Love Lovers” hold to the belief that the bad side of loving someone is more than worth the chance of pain given the wonderful happiness it can bring.

I guess where I’m going with this is…. Why can’t people just embrace Love instead of pushing it away?

I know what you’re thinking… not all Love is good Love (although Bachman Turner Overdrive doesn’t think so).  I agree.  Sort of.

The thing is, assuming people aren’t physically or mentally being abused in the name of Love, who’s to say if it is bad or not?  It is the most intimate emotion we feel.  There is no logic to it at all.  This is saying something - coming from a woman who prides herself on the ability to think logically.

Just ask those closest to me – I’m not always so logical when it comes to Love.  It’s not SUPPOSED to be logical.

We all know people who are in those relationships that make you shake your head and say, “Why does She/He put up with that?  I’d drown his/her ass before I’d put up with that crap.”

I’ve said it at least three times this month.

But it isn’t for us to decide.  Sometimes we find ourselves drawn to another human being for what seems to be inexplicable reasons. 

But to the two people involved – Love is all they need.

Thank you Mr. Lennon,  Mr. McCartney & Mr. Bachman.