Love today can be used to describe well, basically everything. I love cheeseburgers. I love Grey's Anatomy. Eleanor from 'The Good Place' loves when people puke on roller coasters.
But you see, there's another type of love out there: a true love, a pure love, a love deeper than words can go. A love so abundant that if it were lacking, our lives would be rather meaningless.
Love is what makes us human. Without love, one can't appreciate the mountains peeking above the clouds, the seemingly flawless flowers flowing beneath the wind, the laughter one holds when looking in someone's eyes, that someone's eyes, and feeling pure bliss.
It runs through your veins, it pounds at your heart, it warms up your body, and makes you feel invincible, like not one thing in the world can take you away from this point in time, this moment of pure, utter, happiness.
Love will come into your life, and either make you or break you. It rises above all other things. It can surpass every bone, every muscle in your body telling you to go one way, but LOVE will take you the other.
Love is beautiful and detrimental. It can build up your heart on the basis of your love yet tear your heart into pieces in an instant if your love remains strong and the other's has faded, but true love never fades.
True love is looking into someone's eyes and seeing the world; seeing all the places you will go, all the adventures you will take on, seeing them as yourself, as two people coming together, like putting the last piece of a puzzle on you didn't know you were missing.
It is seeing someone exactly as they are, the good and bad, and appreciating all of it. It is knowing someone inside and out, not ashamed that they know all of you head to toe, and you know all of them.
Love is the little things. It's giving someone the last bite of your favorite chocolate bar, playing with their hair just to see them smile, picking them up and spinning them around like a cheesy scene from a movie.
Love is waking up every day a little happier, a little more at peace, a little more hopeful and excited for your days.
Love is timeless. It's beautiful. It's rare. So catch it while you have it, and savor it, because love is what makes life beautiful.
I challenge us to love a little more, every day. Because this world needs a little more love, and I'll let you in on a little secret; it's contagious.
Pass a smile on to the man who seems as if he is merely going through the motions of his everyday life. Pay for the old lady behind you at Starbucks and make her smile and have hope for the future generations. Tell someone, anyone, they're beautiful, and they're important.
Call your mom. Call your dad. Tell them how much you appreciate them, and thank them, for everything. Write sticky notes on your dorm mirror in the bathroom, with cute little bible verses and sayings, something along the lines of YOU ARE LOVED.
And most importantly, tell the most broken ones. Show the people that don't know how to love that you love them, and make them feel a little more important, give them a little more hope. Get a little closer to knocking down their brick walls.
Because love makes you soft, not in the weak kind of soft, but in the most humble and beautiful way. It gives you hope and prosperity. It eliminates the differences that separate our world and unites people that never would've connected before. It brings magic into a seemingly corrupt world.
And without love, you are missing this magic link between you and your soulmate (yes, I believe soulmates are a thing). Get excited, and wait for everything to fall into place right before your eyes.
So love more. Love your loved ones. Love the random people you pass by everyday, who might not have anyone in their life to soften their hearts, because without love, we are merely going through the motions of our everyday lives, rather than taking in the hidden beauties that can SO easily be discovered, with love.
