This Is What It Means To Love Fiercely And Fearlessly
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This Is What It Means To Love Fiercely And Fearlessly

What does it really mean to love someone?

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Depending on your experience, "love" is something that can make your heart flutter or make you cringe. I've had an interesting relationship with love. I have loved and been loved. I have been broken and made whole. One day, I thought to myself: "What does it really mean to love someone?" Something that I want to be remembered for after I leave this earth is that I loved fiercely and fearlessly. I want to be remembered as someone who always loved, even when someone wasn't deserving of such love. What exactly does that look like?

Sometimes, love hurts, and sometimes love isn't easy. Running is easy. Using someone to your benefit without giving in return is easy. But that's not what love is about.

Love is knowing that even though you might get burned, it's worth it. Love is absolutely selfless. Love is giving without expecting anything in return and always giving more than you receive. It's pure, genuine, beautiful, and endless. You love someone simply because of who they are- a human being placed on this earth and in your life with a purpose and an intent.

To love fiercely in this generation and in this society looks like someone who "comes off too strong". God forbid that I love and appreciate someone "too" much and come off as "overbearing" or "overwhelming" When did loving someone in this way become something "shameful" or "unacceptable"? God created me to love in this way and if someone doesn't appreciate it, that's fine by me. I will continue to love them, nonetheless.

To love fearlessly is something that I work on every single day. It's probably one of the most difficult things a person can do. Sometimes, loving someone can be scary. Especially if you've been hurt before, it isn't easy to trust someone with your whole heart again. However, letting go of the fear is one of the greatest things you can do when loving someone. Whether it's trusting a new friend or boyfriend/girlfriend, when you let go of the past hurt and allow yourself to love fearlessly you learn to love in a way you may never have experienced before.

To have a fearless and fierce heart is a rare beauty that nobody talks about. It's something you should embrace, even when you're told to do the exact opposite. Love yourself and the heart you were given and don't ever stop loving others the way you do.

So yes, even though I end up in heartbreak sometimes, I will never stop loving. I will never regret those that I have loved. Even the ones who have ruined me, broken me, torn me down- I forgive you and I love you, still.

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