I find it very interesting the lack of respect for the word love. Its not just an adjective to describe your favorite food or just something to say to keep someone close. Its a life changing word. You use it and there is no coming back from it. You say that to a person it and it will forever be engraved in their heart as within your own.
I love my family. I love my kids, my husband, my parents......even everyone else in my bloodline. I love my friends, I love certain foods, and I especially love certain alcoholic beverages! ;) But is this all the same meaning? Yes and No.
I recently requested feedback via facebook and twitter. I wanted to see how everyone else viewed this word. I didn't get too much of a response but enough to see that everyone thinks of it differently. So what do we do with that? What if the person you commit that word to, defines it completely opposite of what your intended meaning for it? What do you do with that?
There really isn't anything that you can truly do. Just refreshing the feeling of word so the other person can truly feel it. It is a feeling. Its a respect. Its a fact that you chose them for that word and you should forever honor that.
Now here is a song that truly instills the pain that person could feel if the word is used loosely or without meaning. I'm sure you have heard it. Christina Perri, Jar of Hearts. Pretty much every lyric is powerful....but I'm just going to quote just a bit:
"I learned to live half alive"
"And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wishI had missed the first time that we kissed
Cause you broke all your promises"
Okay...ya, it was just a small bit but I think the most important. "You learn to live half alive". What does that mean? Well, when you express love to someone then you fill a part of their heart that you didn't know that needed to be filled. When you go away, that place is forever empty. Yes, a person can move forward and find love again but there will always be that empty spot. It can never be repaired. So you leave a scar. It goes into the other verse I selected. People hold onto certain moments that make that change for them. Whether it was the first kiss or just a moment that increased the value of the word shared between another. Its always those moments that a person tries to forget to think that they can be okay enough to move forward. The thing that sucks the most is that unless you get a brain injury, it will always be there. Love changes you. For the good and for the bad.
So going back to where love is meant the same for both friends and family and food and what not. It maybe a little different to say to someone that I love you as much as I love cake. Well......how much do you love cake? Does it excite you when you eat it? Does that person excite you when your around them? See...it could mean the same....but the power to a person of saying that just wouldn't be the best thing to say.....but do you get my meaning?
There are people that have come and gone in my life over the years. Some I chose to walk away from and some I haven't. The pain for all of them is still the same. I cared for them in one way or another and letting that go is hard. Call it separation anxiety if you want. To me though, I did truly care enough to the point that they changed me so much that they left a scar or imprint on my heart and my life. I do not use the word loosely. It always has values. I just wish people that I do share this with would know that. Would feel that. When you go away, you change me. So please know that.
I love my family. I love my kids, my husband, my parents......even everyone else in my bloodline. I love my friends, I love certain foods, and I especially love certain alcoholic beverages! ;) But is this all the same meaning? Yes and No.
I recently requested feedback via facebook and twitter. I wanted to see how everyone else viewed this word. I didn't get too much of a response but enough to see that everyone thinks of it differently. So what do we do with that? What if the person you commit that word to, defines it completely opposite of what your intended meaning for it? What do you do with that?
There really isn't anything that you can truly do. Just refreshing the feeling of word so the other person can truly feel it. It is a feeling. Its a respect. Its a fact that you chose them for that word and you should forever honor that.
Now here is a song that truly instills the pain that person could feel if the word is used loosely or without meaning. I'm sure you have heard it. Christina Perri, Jar of Hearts. Pretty much every lyric is powerful....but I'm just going to quote just a bit:
"I learned to live half alive"
"And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wishI had missed the first time that we kissed
Cause you broke all your promises"
Okay...ya, it was just a small bit but I think the most important. "You learn to live half alive". What does that mean? Well, when you express love to someone then you fill a part of their heart that you didn't know that needed to be filled. When you go away, that place is forever empty. Yes, a person can move forward and find love again but there will always be that empty spot. It can never be repaired. So you leave a scar. It goes into the other verse I selected. People hold onto certain moments that make that change for them. Whether it was the first kiss or just a moment that increased the value of the word shared between another. Its always those moments that a person tries to forget to think that they can be okay enough to move forward. The thing that sucks the most is that unless you get a brain injury, it will always be there. Love changes you. For the good and for the bad.
So going back to where love is meant the same for both friends and family and food and what not. It maybe a little different to say to someone that I love you as much as I love cake. Well......how much do you love cake? Does it excite you when you eat it? Does that person excite you when your around them? See...it could mean the same....but the power to a person of saying that just wouldn't be the best thing to say.....but do you get my meaning?
There are people that have come and gone in my life over the years. Some I chose to walk away from and some I haven't. The pain for all of them is still the same. I cared for them in one way or another and letting that go is hard. Call it separation anxiety if you want. To me though, I did truly care enough to the point that they changed me so much that they left a scar or imprint on my heart and my life. I do not use the word loosely. It always has values. I just wish people that I do share this with would know that. Would feel that. When you go away, you change me. So please know that.
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