I'm only fifteen years old, but for as long as I can remember, I have loved everything about love. So when I hear people who dismiss others as silly for wanting to find a significant other, or for watching hallmark movies, or completely rejecting any idea of love, I don't understand.

Love is the root of everything.

Every thing you do for or to someone, every emotion you feel, every baby born, and every solemn funeral is because of love. Things don't matter unless you care about and love them, and romantic love is not a silly dream to chase. As the Beatles once sang "All you need is love".

There are so many different types of love, both within and outside of yourself.

Self-Love

Self love comes first, and is perhaps the hardest to master, but it's the most important. If you don't appreciate yourself it can make it difficult for others to appreciate you. This one is the least commercialized and hardest part of love, but you need it, and you probably can't live without it.

The love of friends and family.

They are the reason that you're alive and that you're the you you are today. Everyone needs the gentle but unconditional love that family and friends give to us,

Romantic love.

I'm so sick and tired of this getting a bad rap. Why are people considered silly for wanting this? Getting to love someone and to have them love you in return is the most passionate, consuming form of adoration. I know they can be cheesy, but the movies and books had to originate from somewhere. People everywhere are obsessed with it, and there's a good reason why. I really don't think you will ever feel anything more deeply than love (in all of it's forms), and there's nothing silly about wanting the romantic kind.