College is like the wilderness. There are so many different types of creatures that lurk from each and every corner. An animal in this safari have a lot to protect when they are out in college. Now that we do not have our mama and papa bears around us constantly to hold our paw, we have to fend for ourselves. Yes, we have to get our own food, go to class and many other independent things. The one thing in college we must fend for is our hearts.

In high school, love was something we felt was going to last forever. A lot of people believe that the person that they meet in high school is going to be the first and their only. Though this can be the case for some, more likely you will go through to someone you have not seen in a while's Instagram Man Crush Monday and think "Wow, I thought they were dating blah blah, they must have met this person in college."

I have come across so many different situations in their relationships in college. Some have been dating for so many years, but once college starts they break up. Many people meet in college and believe they are together forever, and then a month later they break up and now it is awkward when you see them in the cafeteria. Many people have hooked up, and that's it. Some have had feelings and never anything has come up from it.

Me, I was always someone sitting on the sidelines watching as all of these people fell in and out of love, in and out of each other's beds, and my question I always asked was: is it worth? Are the relationships we make in college going to go on forever or will they fizzle like a firecracker?

I have had the chance to have love fall right onto my lap. Like a cake falling from the sky onto the plate in front of me, I could have eaten it all up and stayed with this feeling forever. However, I realized that I can't bear the taste just yet. Love is something that I believe is a natural inclination to human life and sometimes if someone is not feeling it, they are not feeling it and there is no changing it. I feel there are so many places, physically and mentally, they I need to be at before I know who to love and I think a lot of people ride the same car with me.

Love in college is something that can be a fun thing or a very scary thing. A college student could find the one instantly, know that they are the one for life, and end up with them forever. For those who still have no idea who they are, figuring out who they want to be in their future, then this can be quite a complicated situation. A good friend of mine once said, we should figure out our futures before we can figure out who is going to be in our future. I believe this is something that we can all take to heart.

So whether you are a lion or a gazelle, love will be there for you. It may come in college, it may not. But the best thing to do is feel your surroundings in the jungle because our time only goes for so long. If you want to spend time with your fellow lions and gazelles, you can, live your life. We are all creatures of love, but is it the right time in our lives to love?