Love & Let Love (July 21, 1006)

well, i have decided to love again.

i was asked, do you really love a person or just the idea of loving someone?
i answered, both. should loving have only one of the reasons above?

is the mere idea of loving someone wrong? if it is, why?

1. because you put yourself at the risk of getting hurt?

mother teresa says, " i have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."

i feel that if i do get hurt, i will have no regrets because i loved and it is just unfortunate that the love for me, did not choose to stay in another person.

sad but it should not stop me from deciding to love again.

2. because you are just wasting time on the person.

how can loving a person be wasteful?

you spend time with a person showing him how you care. make him feel special. make him feel good about himself. Inspire him to be more than he can be. make him smile and put him in a happy place. That's not bad at all.

i have spent countless overtime and much money to be able to buy a mobile phone to put me in a happy place. but i tell you, it does not give me as much satisfaction as sharing love to someone.
this doesn't stop me from deciding to love again.

3. what if the right person comes and you are attached then what now?

we are where we are meant to be. That is where our faith and trust in the Lord will come in.

in the big picture of life, everything happens for the perfect reason and just the right time all beyond our understanding because we do not hold our life in our palm... our life is in God's hands. God only asks of us to have faith, trust and be patient with life's mysteries.

if i think he is the right person for me, then i will pray for guidance on what to do, given i am loving another still. lift all to God....that's my answer to "what now?"

this doesn't stop me from deciding to love again.

4. it is best to love the person than the idea.

in both loving the person and the idea, i both share of myself in the truest sense.

it only goes bad when the person i give it to does not give it back. even the rejection is not wrong, yes it does make me feel terribly bad but.... its the truth so i must accept....and move on.

i guess the fear of people that i love again stems from their genuine concern for my own well being. But isn't it i survived a love story that's gone bad? I have gone up and moved on...to love again.

Cant you be happy for me because apart from all, i still hope that true love comes my way.

hope is the last thing we should never lose. then it is, i hope to love truly again.