UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING


Pre Writing

What is love to you?

Love? What is Love? This is one of the most difficult questions of mankind. I believe that each and every one has their own definition of love. I, on the other hand, defines love as a force of nature. Love is a constant journey, as I mentioned before, its a force of nature. Love exists the moment we were born till moment we give our final breath. Its a state of feeling that comes unexpectedly, of its own will, and its own timing. When people seek love, they expect it to be world of happy and perfect moments that they can only find in fairytales. I may not be in the best position to point out what is love to the significant other for I have been with no one but myself during my high school years, and seeing how blinded people are when they are in love is what keeps me out of the whole relationship thing. I tend to be pessimist about the whole love thing. I have to say that there are no such things as love like we have seen in movies and fairytales. Those are all tall tales. Whereas, movies nowadays are making us believe that we want that kind of love we seen on the media and get out and find it but all we really missed out is the love that we already have. It is making us believe in a lie that we already knew but ignored times and times, just to satisfy our beliefs. To most people, all they ever think about when it comes to love is the love that have for their significant other, and when they get disappointed, not only a few times but many times before, they tend to loose themselves. Who is to blame here? No one but ourselves. We make our own decisions; we make our own mistakes. People should learn to love themselves and what they already have before instead of giving it all to someone who they think is "The One." in the first place! If only they realize that there is more to love that just loving their couple – of how beautiful it is to love what they do, to love their pets, to love God etc. Love comes in many forms, not only to the significant other but to others, the mother nature, and its surrounding as well. Love is lending a helping hand to those in need, in moments of discouragements and disappointments. Love endures all things. Love is about trust. Love is about commitment. Love means believing and having faith in someone, in something. Love is God. Love is inherently compassionate and empathetic, and lots more. No matter who or what you love, its all the same. It can come in a form of your family, or a friend, your partners, your pet, your dreams – anything really. Love is one of the most powerful and beautiful thing in the world. We can never really know how love present itself that is why love is all over the place. Its in all of us and our surroundings whether or not we choose to see it, as God said Love all. Well, that is from my perspective; my point of view. I guess it is safe to say that each and every one of us have our own definition of love. No offense though.