What Love Means to Me

Love is giving for the world’s needs; Love is sharing as the spirit leads,

Love is caring when the world cries. Love is compassion with Christ like eyes

I do not know how to define love, for the word is very broad to define. It is a very beautiful feeling that no words can be put as its meaning. However, I always have a picture of what love is.

I can say I love my family and I can shout it to the whole wide world with so much love in my heart, yet if there is someone who will shout back and ask me why, I probably cannot tell him. For one whole day is not enough to say my endless reasons. My family had shown me unconditional love that every time I look at them from a far, I could only smile. They could make me please without lifting any finger. That is how I love them. In times I saw my mother crying silently my heart always went for her. I always want to comfort her and give her strength. I cannot hate my father for being so strict because I know he just wants what is best for me. Instead, I always wanted to hug him for all his hardships and sweats. My frustrations of my sister’s mistakes will just fade away whenever she gave me that priceless smile. If these are not love, I do not know what to call it.

I do not usually say “I love you” to my family and to my friends. But I always express it to them through my actions. I am not the showy type; however I have my own ways. I guess that is love. I do things I didn't expect I can do. I share what I have without expecting in return. I do not see their mistakes, rather I accept them as they are and that their faults is part of them. I care for them because I know I’ll be hurt more if something happen to them. I help them because I cannot bear to see them suffering. Moreover, I give them a pat in their shoulders in every good thing that come their way, a smile for their laughter and shoulders and my hugs for their tears. This is how I show my affection to people I care, I love and I value. These is what love means to me.

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it is not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

-The Bible: 1 Corinthians 13