If I asked you, what do you love, I’m sure you could come up with a list instantly. Mine would involve people, places, food, sunsets, and of course, my dog or dogs in general. I can go into detail explaining why I love the beach or why I love British chocolate so much more than American chocolate. What makes us unique are all the little things we love. No two people will love all the same things and love them in the same way.
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There are lots of different types of love. We don’t love a person the same way we love our beds. You might have very deep feelings for both, and want to be around both as much as possible but it is not the same. In our generation, we tend to build and define ourselves by material things, possessions we “love” and cannot live without. But if there was a fire, what would you really save? What do you really love?
I’m sure I am not the only one; have you ever been told by friends that they “love” you? However, when you went to college, you didn’t hear anything from them? No good-lucks or effort to be in contact in anyway? The answer is likely to be yes, and it has happened to me. In a world where the word “love” is thrown around so easily, how do we know what is real and what is fake? I was talking to my friend about this, and she pointed out that some people who you don’t even know the surname of say they love you. What’s more I can be “loved” by someone just because they borrow my pencil when they needed one.
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According to the Oxford Dictionary, the first definition for love is “an intense feeling of deep affection.” It is a special word that is over-used in our generation and culture. We throw it around too easily, using it without a meaning of affection or feeling anything towards the person or thing. Synonyms of love include warmth, caring, tenderness, romance, if these words can’t be applied, then should it be used? The same can be said for the word hate. How many times is “hate” used in replacement for “dislike?”
I challenge you after this article to listen to your friends and peers talk. See how many times they say love. Ask yourself, do they really mean it?
People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos, is because things are being loved and people are being used.” – John Green, Looking For Alaska
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