Lamia Gamil/Fourth Estate

Love is calling for a celebration

BY LAMIA GAMIL, STAFF WRITER

To the ones who found love, to the ones still searching for love, and to the ones whose love comes from within, light a candle and bring chocolate cake because love is calling for a celebration. 

Love is a binding energy. It is the shades of chocolate flakes, with a mix of sweet and bitter. Hardships are defeated by love because it fills our lives with beautiful memories and life lessons. It takes us to places we’ve never gone before. Made us touch the stars and also made us hit the ground. 

Sometimes, we find love in the air, and other times, love becomes air. Over time, it could vanish entirely. Whichever state, love is always young and mirthful. It is forever present. Despite this, from time to time, we lose track on the way. Before one knows it, their heart falls in love again, ready for whatever it entails .

Humanity is centered around love because it gives purpose. We can love a person, a pet, or life. The love of the creator should suffice, but we can, above all else, love love.

Love is not limited to anything. It is the most beautiful feeling that answers the most existential questions: What is the purpose of life? What are we living for? Love is a force that loves itself. It goes back 8000 years ago when the Proto-Indo-European definition of love meant “care.” Since the creation of humanity, caring for another has kept love alive.

Love is not conditional. Without care, humans will be subject to decay. As Margaret Mead puts , “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For indeed, that’s all who ever have.” That’s why love has no defined form or shape. Because every time love strikes us with the most alluring free-spirited portrayal of itself it depicts beauty in every sense there is. 

Happy Valentine’s Day!