First of all, I'd would like to apologize for not posting lately. I've been busy, and just haven't found as much time to dedicate to this blog as I would like to, or used to dedicate to it.

Now, with that out of the way, I'd like to focus on the topic of love. Romance, relationships... whatever you may call it.

Let me begin by posing a question, and in doing so, I encourage thought and response.

What does "love" mean to you?

I ask that question, because I'm curious. I know there will be a number of different answers and thoughts concerning it.

The idea of love itself, is a very complex and tailor-made phenomena that occurs within each and every one of us. In that alone, there are different ways and levels to which we love someone or something. For instance, your love for your favorite restaurant is negligible compared to the love you have towards a relative, a pet, or a loved one.

However, the context today in which we use the word love has changed. Traditionally, love was something where an inseparable bond was form. Some would say a chemical reaction within one's body was the reason for this. Nowadays, love is just another word thrown around that inappropriately and improperly describes different things.

The thing that I don't get, is as human beings, we are undoubtedly the most complex organisms to exist. Why is it that we have to stoop to such basic levels of communication and emotion?

No matter how you look at it, love is indeed a real thing, that we all experience at one point or another in our lives, usually on numerous occasions. Anything from the silly crushes you have in kindergarten, that one person you find in your life that you can't live without, the bonds you share with your parents, grandparents, children and other relatives; it all is love. Even your friends, your best friends, you care about them to some degree or another.

Love, as we know it, is more than its face value. Love could be considered one of, if not, the most complex emotion or phenomena known to exist. Love is not something to be taken lightly, if anything, it should be highly regarded and respected.

1 Corinthians 13:13:

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I couldn't have said it better myself.