What is the one emotion that has
everyone mystified? What is the
one emotion that has started as
many wars as it has ended? What
emotion has had more plays, songs,
and stories written about it than
anything else? Love, that one
emotion that makes enemies into
friends and friends into enemies. So
many legends surround this
emotion, from the goddess Athena
and Helen of Troy to Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet.
Love comes in so many different
levels, that it doesn't appear to be
the same emotion at all, but it is.
There is so much to love, that it will
be hard to put into this simple
essay. It can tear people apart and
make us do irrational things to
bringing together entire nations.
What can this emotion not do? It's
hard to tell, but there is a lot it can.
This emotion, bring tears to our
eyes when something happens to
our family members, friends, and
pets. When we feel love ripped
from us, as in death or being
spurned by another, we do things
we wouldn't normally do, such as go
on violent rampages, or mourn to
the extent that our loved ones have
to watch us constantly to make sure
we don't try anything like suicide.
Some can move on, always
remembering the lost loved one
after a while, but others can not let
go. These are the ones that need our
love and support the most.
There are so many levels to love,
that I can only express a few of
them here. These are the ones we
see most in life. Friendship starts
this list off. Yes, it doesn't seem like
it, but we do feel love towards our
friends, this is what helps us get
along so well, and why we miss
them when we don't see our friends
for a long time. It's also why we
hold certain friends over others no
matter what happens. Sometimes,
the bond between friends deepens
to the point where a stronger bond
of love is made, making them
family.
Another level of love, are for our
siblings and other family members.
Even though we do things to our
family members, and sometimes we
don't like some of our family, that
bond is still there. It's this family
bond level of love that brought
about the phrase, blood is thicker
than water. We will do things for
our brothers, sisters, mothers,
fathers, and children before we
would even consider doing them for
anyone else. Many wars have been
started because of this family level,
brother avenging brother or father,
father protecting his wife and
children, or even vice versa. This
simple family bond can even extend
to include our pets, amazingly
enough, and that is a good thing.
A third level to love, is the bond
that brings man and woman
together. This level is among the
strongest of them all. It is this level
of love that has brought together
kingdoms into nations in the past,
and ended many great wars. It's is
also for the love of a woman that
has started a few of our well-known
wars, like the Trojan Wars of
ancient times. It's brought together
families that have argued for years
and years, such as in the
Shakespearean play, Romeo and
Juliet. Even though the two
mentioned killed themselves in the
end, it still brought their families
together.
The last mentionable level of love is
that bond between a mother and
her children. There is no stronger,
nor will there ever be. This bond
starts from the very first tiny
fluttering of movement and never
ends, even after death of the child.
A mother protects her children in
the name of love, and directs them
through life using it as the example
to follow. Well, at least it should be.
It's because of her children a
mother will work at a job she hates,
just to make sure they have
everything they could ever want or
need.
The phrase, love makes the world
go round is very true. It's is our
driving force, for what ever reason
it may be. Poems, plays, and legends
can only briefly touch the true
meaning of love. We can only feel
what that meaning is, and express it
in ways only we can understand
towards another. The true question
we should be asking is not, what is
life, but what is love.
What is love? I don't know, but I'll
do what I can to express it to my
son, my husband, my family and
friends, and to every single pet I
have or ever will own in the best
possible way that I can.
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