A couple weeks ago, as I was doing what Darren Sagucio usually does, either in complete madness because a 12-year-old kid annihilated me in a phony football video game or because I was trying to figure out how to fix my car because I have no knowledge or experience in doing so. But suddenly, I was struck with a unforeseen question that would pause whatever I was intently doing that day.
The question was this:
Why does love matter?
As I was centering all my inner thoughts and concentrating every bit of relevant information that would help me unlock the code to this intricate question into the teeny brain I have. I have come up with the most idiotic yet very honest truths I would face if love didn't matter or even exist.
"Well, if love didn't matter or exist, my love for Life cereal would be absent. I wouldn't love the way it feels as every small strand of wheat mixed with the right consistency of milk melts on my tongue. I wouldn't love the fact that I get to wake up every morning and know that I have my favorite cereal ready for me to eat!" In another thought: "Who would've changed my diapers when I couldn't?! Who would've dragged me into school when I would rather be at home acting like a Power Ranger? Who would've taught me that there were questions that you just don't ask girls?"
In my time of accumulating my ridiculous thoughts of what would happen if love didn't matter or exist, an outpour of real and deep understanding of love began to formulate in my mind.
Did it ever cross your mind that every human being needs and deserves to be loved by something or someone? If love didn't matter or exist, how could we experience excitement? Or the feeling of being adored? How could we show grace and compassion? Let me drop this bomb:
How could we live without it?
It was not until recently, when I visited Portland, Oregon that I truly understood why love matters. It was a great experience exploring all the beauty that is Portland (donuts and all), but I couldn't help focusing primarily on how many people were on the side of streets, homeless and abandoned.
From an island boy's perspective that has not seen much of the "real"' world yet, I was in total disturbance and confusion. How could these people end up in such a state of being? Couldn't a family friend or relative help this person? Where is the love? That's when it hit me; the answer to the question that I was eagerly searching for.
Love matters because we can't live without it.
There is no way on earth a human being can live without love. Without love, everything would be worthless and nothing would motivate us to do the things that we truly enjoy. People need people to love people because that's how it's been since the start of our existence. We, as a human species are powered by love and we were made to love. Humans have always been longing for love and will always be desperately searching for it.
We live in a world that is completely broken and there are many problems and situations that only love can fix. We can't live without love because we need it. Without it, we will feel abandoned and forgotten, just like a person who is left on the street. No one deserves that!
So here's your chance to do what's right for you and for everyone around you as human beings. Love, because your love is absolutely worth more than anything a person could desire or need and your love is what makes you, you.
Take advantage of it. Do what you love, share what your love and, most importantly, spread your love to others. You hold the key to people's hearts and you will inspire people through your love. It sounds very over-sentimental but it's true.
Love matters.
