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::Love::
The greatest thing you will learn in life is to love and to be loved in return

So in life, what is love? How does it affect us? To me it has been one of the most ecstatic and beautiful experiences in life and also one of those which can cause the most hurt. It seems so erratic and yet makes the most sense at the same time. It flows through us, unstoppable, uncontrollable and yet so irrational. We all experience it in one degree or another and every person must see it in their own unique way, yet it all has a similar effect based on the observation of oneself and that of others.

Myself, I have experience it in different forms, the connection of that with a close one, more so than with others or in the form of an everlasting friendship that cannot be broken, and will always remain. These contrast so much. The experiences differ greatly yet all share a common ground. The close ones you gain a trust and connection which becomes so blind to the rest of the world, and at the time, in the experience, there is nothing that can even come close. No words can describe it. It is the most natural experience which we will ever feel. It is like nothing can betray or break it. Everything is right in then world and nothing will intervene or destroy the emotion.
The contrasting, yet so similar feeling between family and friend and those so close is different. There is the similar comfort and compassion, not as deep, yet every bit as strong and unbreakable. In the long term it seems more liable and ever lasting, yet compared to the compassion with closer ones it does not feel as strong, yet by taking a step back it will ultimately triumph overall.
Life is a strange thing. Emotions rule over us. We cannot control them, yet we depend upon them so much.

Without these feelings is there any point to living? Can we live in an emotionless state? Moving from one task to another in the feat of survival... I think not. Disregard is as we may, it is part of living.

Can we truly live without these emotions? In my own view, we need the down sides in life in order to have a contrast. If something bad does not happen, the good things in life will not seem as significant or as important.

I truly believe that bad things happen for a reason. It helps us to learn, to experience and to develop. We need to let ourselves be free. To breakdown occasionally to allow this contrast to explode within us.

The harsh things in life affect us differently. They become so much more of a mind set. They stick out more, they burn deeper.

But by overcoming all of this and taking a step back, it is only then that we can truly appreciate the beauty of it all, let ourselves become free, to escape from humanity and conformity, and let emotions run true.

We really need these bad experiences. The worse it gets, the greater the contrast can be and the stronger we can become in compassion and feeling as a result of it all.

We learn from the past, we develop as people. By learning not to look back in regret, but rather treat it as a good thing, we can become better people. We can progress more. We can feel deeper emotions.

In conclusion, we have to let ourselves go, we have to be free. To stop hiding behind the worser emotions in life and allow ourselves to be exposed. To love... And to be loved in return.
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Take care. Xx