Four Letter Word

So in honor of the big V day coming up on February the 14th.. I thought I would share my thoughts on the four letter word we call love…

If you had to take four letters, L.. O….V…E… and find a word that starts with each letter to describe LOVE in your own words, what would those 4 words be?

We always talk about those ” three little words” but what if there were four?

heres mine..

L-liberal
O-outrageous
V-vehemence
E-everlasting

Liberal-given freely or abundantly.

When you truley love someone.. you give this love without even thinking about it. You would give anything for that person to feel no pain, to never spend a second of their day with a bad thought in their head and without a smile on their face. There is no limit to the amount of love you will give this person. You would even live without them in your life if it would make them happy.

Outrageous-extravagant; remarkable:

True love is nothing less than outrageous. It is completely consuming and life changing. There are no bounds to true love.

Vehemence- intensity or forcefulness of expression

Everlasting-. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time

True love doesn’t die. If you hear someone say this, they are lying. Sometimes life gets in the way of this true love but that doesn’t make it go away. When you truly love someone, you love them forever. No matter what hand of cards life deals you, that feeling does not go away. And yes you can truly love more than one person… but I will promise you that each love will be completely different. No love is the same and there are room in our hearts for an endless amount of love.

True love isn’t all butterflies and flowers. Its unexpected and scary. The scariest part of it is the unkown.
The beginning of every love story is intense… its not knowing what the other is thinking.
Its a mystery (check out the Indigo Girls Song.. mystery) .
Its longing for them without being able to tell them how you feel yet wanting to scream it out on the rooftops. Trust me, It will get better. Just wait.

The key to love is not letting your pride get in the way…. Tell them how you feel at all times, no matter what the outcome of the situation is.
Dont give up… Every person is different.
Just because they might not react like you want them to right away doesn’t mean they don’t care.. they just haven’t learned how to get over their pride just yet.
Breathe. . . The road will get curvier before you hit the long stretch of highway, and even then, nothing is guarenteed. If you remember to keep breathing long deep breaths, it will subdue some of the anxiety.
Stop fighting it. The longer you fight the feelings and try to act like they don’t exist, the longer you will be unahppy. Its almost like puragatory. Think about it.

Love them with every breath you have, with every bone in your body, with every prayer you give to the Lord above. Love them whether they love you back, and love them just for the sake of loving. There will be a time when this love is what helps them through something unimaginably hard. Be brave and selfless. There is nothing selfish about love. It gives without thinking and receives with open arms, hearts and minds.

At the end of the day, what matters the most to you? What compells you to be a better person? What is at the core of every human being on the face of this earth? One word. LOVE.

Xo,

B