Many have attempted to define what true love is. Most describe love with abstract and often figurative meanings. Cliches such as love being an unknown force that could strike at any moment, or being a blissful experience on cloud nine seem to float in everybody's heads. Even the dictionary feebly defines love as "A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness." If only these simple idealizations were correct, but they are not.
Love is simply too complicated, too open ended to be singularly defined.
In my view, true love is far from the bliss and happiness that people believe it to be. One should be prepared to be selfless, to make sacrifices in its name, for all is not fair in love, and should this unwavering love be unrequited, may God grant the strength to be impetuous in the face of the deepest of sorrows, for even the sweetest of dreams would do little to console a broken heart.
No wonder I have yet to experience true love.
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That was the hardest journal entry for English 1 to date. I hope our teacher's enthusiasm for this topic wanes, and fast!
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