love

All you need is Love, and Love is all you need.

Love: In Its Truest Form
Let us begin with my favorite Greek mythology: That of Baucis and Philemon. Oddly enough, I first encountered this myth within Mary Pope Osborne's retelling in the book Favorite Greek Myths. How often does a fifth grader encounter a story that continues to impact him into his mid-twenties? To simplify the story: Baucis and Philemon were a married couple whose love, compassion, honesty, devotion, and service allowed them to live forever as a "great oak and linden that grew from only one trunk."
By Luis Tomas Graveley Jr8 years ago in Humans
Love Me in the Morning
I heard the knock on the door. I froze like I didn’t expect it. I had been waiting for hours, preparing. I stood up and walked slow enough that a second knock was necessary. I’m not sure why I’m moving so slowly or why my heart is beating so fast. Maybe it's because I know I still love him. I get to the door, take a deep breath and open.
By Blkhoneyy .8 years ago in Humans
My Love Story
Love story. So many of us go through relationships in life that aren't great. This post will hopefully reach out to somebody, anyone, that is going through something similar.
By Brittany Thomas8 years ago in Humans
Purple Hair and Hookups
I look at her. Her hair; dyed purple and pulled back into a high bun. Her collarbone marred with bites I had just left, her lips curled tight around the cigarette she needed to smoke after sex. She is sprawled out on my bed, amidst the mess and the chaos, the blanket pulled up past her waist, smirking at me.
By Jodi Jones8 years ago in Humans
Elephants Roam North
Something happened. One night, as I came out of my local supermarket, something amazing happened. “Hey, kiddo, got a light?” said a low voice said behind me. The voice lightly put his hand on my shoulder and turned me around to face him and his friends. Both sat on a bench, and a space between them where he had presumably been sat.
By Charlie Hickling8 years ago in Humans
A Wondering Heart
I've only had crushes before you. I never knew what love was. I spent most of my day before I met you pining after guys I was too shy to talk to. I didn't know the difference, then, but I do now. I was infatuated. I knew nothing about them, yet I was crushing hard. I was crushing so hard on people, frankly, I don't think knew I existed. In all honesty, though, I didn't know what I would do if one of my crushes actually liked me back. I have never been on a date. I couldn't afford anything but the pants I needed to get for my school uniform. I never had my first kiss yet, either. In summary, I have just never been in a romantic relationship. I never thought about it then, but I know I would have freaked out in that situation.
By O K8 years ago in Humans
Is Standing by Someone You Love Worth It, Even If It's Wrong?
The conflict of being in love with someone that goes against your values is a mind game that you play with yourself. You end up having constant conversations with yourself, creating a pros and cons type of chart in your head but still coming to one conclusion, does being in love with someone outweigh their immoral compass? Or are you giving them a pass because you're making your love towards them a weakness?
By 8 years ago in Humans
Words They Couldn't Say
For years they struggled back and forth with their unspoken desire for each other, and for years it drained them both. To look at the person you want the most and be unable to tell them how you feel; to see in your mind's eye how good it could be and feel everything that is standing in the way; to be so afraid to shove the internal obstacles aside because you are top scared that to gain something wonderful you could lose everything instead.
By Alexandrea Callaghan8 years ago in Humans
Twin Flame Union Manifestation Prescription
Many people greatly romanticize the twin flame relationship. While it's true that it absolutely will be the most intense relationship you have ever or will ever have, it is important to remember what a twin soul or twin flame relationship IS and what it is NOT.
By Rhi Smith8 years ago in Humans
Just Yes
I guess I have heard all different versions of love stories that hardly any of them seem to have a surprise ending; something I didn't expect or see coming. Still, if I had to start from the beginning, I would love to go through them all over again, because at any moment in time, all these stories have helped me realize something profound about life. I don't know how many of them are real or have happened and how many of them are webbed by someone’s imaginations.
By Sid J8 years ago in Humans
Believe or Not
Whenever we think about love, we think about Shakespeare, we think about all the literature and poems in the world where stories of humankind are amazingly described. We don’t have tangible things or even enough words to describe such a feeling. You just know it. You feel it inside you that something extraordinary is happening to you. Most of the time there is our friend "Music" who helps us identify that feeling and make us realize how it affects us on a daily basis. I am addicted to love and of course my partner. Love is magical and makes us function in a different way. It is something I have always experienced.
By Andrea Bollella8 years ago in Humans
Desperate for Love
It was two years ago, I felt something for this guy, let’s call him R. When we started talking to each other, it didn’t seem that special for some reason. I don’t know why it felt like he didn’t like me the same way I did, but yet I gave the whole thing a shot. Months passed by and I still felt like he did not have the same feelings as me. Since this was all long distance, the only thing we could do was chat. In those few months, I asked him if we could talk over the phone. He said no because he felt uncomfortable talking to anyone so I didn’t bother forcing him. I never got the attention from him as his girlfriend so I slowly stopped talking to him. A few months after that, I started talking to someone else, let’s name him A.
By Anu 6ix8 years ago in Humans