I feel as though love can never be truly defined, for it is something that can only be felt by each individual in a way that is unique to the feelings they have for the one single person that reciprocates that emotion. No person should ever be able to put into words the definition of love because it is simply something that can only be felt by the outpouring desire and passion that one partner feels towards another. It is the most pure and beautiful experience that one should ever allow themselves to feel. That is why when I say it I want to mean it with every last ounce of my heart. This exact reason is why I haven't been able to say it to anyone before. For, when I do say it, I want that person to know the significance behind me saying it.

I'm telling that person that they have filled a void in my heart that no one prior has been able to. I'm telling that person that every mistake and every heartbreak I went through was worth it for the feelings I have now. I'm telling that person that they are the one person who has completed me, in all my flaws and weaknesses and in all my strengths. It scares me and it makes me feel like I have no control, but the three words, "I love you," are the most valuable, concrete words to a commitment in which I am willing to completely give myself too. I have always had a problem with being vulnerable, and previous heartbreak hasn't made that too much easier for me to learn to trust. But I believe with all my heart the man who I do tell I am in love with, is the man who for the first time was able to take my wall down brick by brick into the most open and vulnerable position I have ever been placed in. I'm giving them the power to take me in that moment and surround me in their loyalty. Saying I love you is so much more than the words.

It's telling this man that he is everything. Everything that makes me the person I want to become because with him by my side I'm not so scared anymore. Because with him by my side I know I will never fall. Because with him by my side, I am able to see a better person in myself. Because with him by my side I know I am good enough, and that is what love is all about.

So call me a romantic, or call me crazy, but I do believe in that "one person." I believe that you have no say in the person you fall in love with, but instead the choice comes in fighting for that love to burn. Truth is, the most passionate love may even stem from an encounter in which you didn't even know you were searching. That person may randomly stumble into your life at the most unexpected moment. But don't run. Don't you dare run away out of fear you may hurt them. Don't pretend that in leaving you are sparing the other from heartbreak. Stay. Stay and learn every last detail about the person that destiny has brought you to. Learn about the way in which they smile at the smallest things in life. Learn about the way in which they cry and place their heart on their sleeves. Learn about the way in which this person complements all that you already are. And learn to fall in love, because if I were to give any advice on love at all, it will sure as hell be worth it.