What is Love?

Love is being beholden to no one and being beholden to all.  You make love what it means to you and not what it means to others.  Everyone views it as a different thing, some love unconditionally for their children and families, others have love for partners or lovers but it is slightly different for everyone. We make it what it is. 

Do not force others to share your view of love as this then changes them and who they are and how they view love.  When the winds blow in the trees the wind is not forcing the tree to change what it is even though it may move or bend its branches, it isn’t its intention to change the tree. When children cry out for their mother they are not doing it to make their mother love them more or to change their mother they are doing it to get their attention for a particular reason, it may be that they are feeling ill or hungry or it may be that they want company and affection or sometimes because they are just bored and fed up.

We must make our love count for us and to show it to others how we want it shown and not how we think others want to see it or what others may want.  Take a good look at how you show your love and ask yourself is this really me or is this someone I am being made to be or feel obliged to be? Love is the most powerful thing in the universe and you should first and foremost look at the love that you hold for yourself, if you cannot love yourself then you will not be able to love others.  This is not selfish it is very important for who you are and who you are to become, you will grow with love for yourself but will stagnate without love for yourself.

Love from others will help your growth in the same way that a gardener tends to their plants, your love helps YOU to grow as the sun helps the plants to grow. Take as much of the suns energies from your own love as you wish, it will not take that love away from the love you are giving to your family or partner or friends or others as love is infinite and infinity starts with you.