Songs of Songs. A beautiful, poetic book of the Bible depicting a man and a women in the throws of love. Their struggles. Their desire for one another. The way God wants us to love, the way He loves us.
Guess what I'm going to talk about?
So this evening (when I started writing this) Chels called me to let me know she read a post from He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, in which he wrote that he loved his new girlfriend. Now, I would have no problem with this, except they have only been going out 3 months. Yes, I know some people fall in love in much less time than that, but let me get to my point. In the 3 months I dated him, he also told me he "loved" me. Then, in the 3 months Chels dated him, he also proclaimed this "love". Now, we all know that neither of these afore mentioned relationships lasted, and in fact have resulted in a hell-storm of burned metal and flying swords and killer monkey-faced ravens....metaphorically speaking.
I could write this off, saying that You-Know-Who has shown signs of mental instability so obviously he is going to say things completely above his very small head...Nice Button! However, many people do this "I love you" I love you too" NO WAIT I LOVE THE NEXT GIRL/GUY! kind-of-thing.
This word Love in our society is so watered down, it barley means anything. In many languages there are multiple words for Love, to express the different forms of affection. Brotherly/Sisterly Love, Passionate Love, Intimate Love, Agape. But no, in the English language we just have LOVE. One word to rule them all.
So when I say "I love Chelsey" I mean like a sister, when I say "I love Casablanca" I mean something completely different. I mean that I really liked it, but instead of saying "I really enjoyed the story line", I skip to the easy way and just say Love. It's like a filler. I really like this so I'm going to use the word love. When did this happen? Who okay-ed this?!
I'm not particularly sure why this bothers me so much. It's just a word, right? It's our actions in life that truly show our love. Maybe I just wish that people would take love more seriously, because it's such a vital part of our lives and I hate for people to misuse the word, because that can cause so much pain and anger and sadness. It might just be a word, but it embodies so much emotion and depth, and Love can be such a beautiful thing if it isn't distorted.
Okay...I'm done... for now....
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