What is love?
Time and again, people have been asked what the real definition of love is to them.
I encountered the said question first when I was in pre-school. I bought a slum book, and one of the questions was “What is love?”. The next question was, “Who is your first love?” and I do not know how to answer it. The word “love” was so vague. I thought love only connotes a feeling. And so I answered the question, “What is love?” with “Love is a feeling that cannot be expressed.” .
I then asked my classmates to share their thoughts on what love is by signing my slum book.
On the blank provided for the question, What is love?”, they wrote:
1. Love is God because God is love.
2. Love is the most splendor thing.
3. Love is charity.
4. Love is like a rosary that is full of mystery.
5. Love is what the heart needs all the time.
6. Love is like an onion that makes one cry.
7. Love is an indescribable feeling
And the list of definitions of love just goes on and on and on.
From all the things I went through, I realize that there is more to love than one can comprehend.
We always say to our family that we love them, but are we doing sacrifices for them? Do we go an extra mile to let them know how much we truly care for them?
Months ago, I was hardly making both ends meet. My son and I have only a little money to buy for food. And since I wanted him to eat, I pretended that I was not hungry. I told him to go ahead and finish his food. He lied saying, “No, Mom, I am full already.”. I know that he was still hungry because I am his mom. I told him that if he did not finish his food, I will be upset. He insisted that he did not want to eat anymore because he knew I have not eaten yet. Deep in my heart, I was so hurt because he learned what love is at a very early age.
To know what the real definition of love is, we must sacrifice; up to the extent of giving our lives to the people we love.
Whenever a guy tells me that he loves me, several questions run into my mind like, "Does this guy really knows what he is saying?", "Is this person willing to sacrifice for me?", "Is he serious?" or "Does this guy know the true meaning of love?"
Sacrifice is the ultimate test to know if someone really loves you.