The Meaning of Love

Lately, a lot of different scientists have been researching what love is.

Scientifically love is the emotions that we feel as a result of certain

chemicals/hormones firing off in our brains and through out body.

Historically, people who believe in God usually call it matrimony, when

two people are bonded for life because they have strong feelings for

each other. But then again, people have been married before that don't

care about each other let alone know each other. Those types of

marriages are usually arranged marriages...

So- what is love? Is it chemicals firing off in our brain? Is it something

that's destined to be (like Romeo and Juliet)? Or is it what you feel for

family?

In society, people are defined by their relationships- usually by how well

those relationships are going, or how many different relationships that

person is in. When you look at all the different types of relationships there

can be in society- it really makes me wonder what love is. Love can be

friendship, or someone you meet on the street that you don't know (random

acts of kindness), or it could be family or a boyfriend or fiancee. Love can

come in any shape or form, so its strange that something that can change

shape so easily, defines our lives so strongly. But then again, it's also

strange that people are so defined by who they know or what they've

done in their lives.

So what is love? Is the sexual relationship you have with somebody? Is

it marriage? Is it friendship or family ties? Is it just randomly walking by

somebody you don't know on the street? Honestly I think it could be

anyone of those things- but it could be more. I think love is something that

isn't defined by time, why? Because time has no meaning when your in

love. Yes it's true that when you're in love with someone (a boyfriend or

girlfriend) it feels like an eternity when you're away from them, but for

example, the reason why Romeo and Juliet are so famous now is

because of their impossible love. They loved each other when it

should've been impossible. One a Capulet and one a Montague- and yet

they were star crossed lovers. They were destined to be together. And so

even now, they're story is still remembered- hundreds of years later.

People who define love as just being hormones or chemicals are wrong.

It's so much more than that. Because love defines who we are to such a

degree, it should have meaning if we fall in love or even who we are in

love with. It defines us through our relationships with our friends and family.

In this way, love is powerful because it affects so many different aspects of our lives.

Beliefs

Random thoughts lately...

Why would someone chase after someone else if they don't want to be

chased, or they don't like the person chasing after them to begin with?

What's the point? Why keep chasing after someone if you're not

wanted? Shouldn't you just give up and stop chasing that person if

you're not wanted?

It's my senior year of high school and I'm still seeing things that make it

hard to believe in the people of this world. Yesterday, someone brought a

gun to school. Now, the gun wasn't loaded but I seriously wonder what this

kid was thinking? Last year there were a ton a lock downs at the school

because of things related to violence and then this kid brings a gun to

school?!?! Even if the gun wasn't loaded, that's still something pretty

serious to do.

When I look at people around me, I wonder what causes them to act the

way they do- what do they believe in that makes them act so passionately?

Some believe in God, Abba, and many other types of gods. Some don't

believe there's a god at all... All I wonder though, besides the fact that

people believe in these things, is any of this true? Do any of these gods

exist? Many people point to miracles to prove the existence of their god,

but then again such acts can easily be faked now-a-days with the

technology we have. Personally I don't know what to believe. I think

there's a god somewhere out there, but can you be sure even of that? At

one point, I was wondering what if all of these people, all over the world

believed in God, but they were wrong and he doesn't exist at all. What

then? Then, all of those people would be wrong, and then all these

people who have died for what they believed in (in the past) would have

died for nothing. They would have died for believing in something that

doesn't even exist. Some would say, that what I'm saying right now is

blasphemy, but honestly I don't know anything anymore. I love the songs

of the church, its music, and the youth group, but some people honestly

don't make any sense to me. I've just been thinking about this stuff for a

long time and haven't wanted to come to a conclusion that would cause me

to hurt others that I care about. Honestly though, I'm not sure what to believe in anymore.

Random Thoughts

Previously, I used this blog for my world lit. class, now I think I'll use it to talk about stuff going on randomly in my life. I don't know when I'll write or why, but we'll see where I go with this.

Right now, I'm supposed to be doing homework for school. I'm supposed to be writing a narrative essay for AP language and then watch some show on food network and then write about it. I am supposed to be concentrating on what I have to do, not my friend on the other side of the world, who's in Thailand right now- having the experience of a lifetime!!! I wish I could join her right now, be by her side- experiencing what she's experiencing, and be with her so that she doesn't have to be alone. But then again, who knows? She could get stronger because of all of this, because of all that she's been through. And its only the beginning.

Lately it feels like there's been a lot of new beginnings. I'm a senior in high school and just this year I went to my first high school party (drinking and all), I'll probably also go to prom which is also a first, and then another first which is seeing my friend for the last time before she leaves for a four month trip. Another first has been taking the ACT (no big deal right?- WRONG!), applying to college and being accepted to my first choice college!!! That was a big deal to me especially since I wanted to go so badly despite the possible costs and how far away from home it would be.

Mainly though, I wonder why my high school makes such a big deal out of everything. Why? It's not like it's a private school and although its a good school so far as public schools go, everything is still so serious. Year after year though it's only been getting worse. First, enforcing the dress code more; second, making it a worse offense if you're late a lot; thirdly, changing the schedule around a lot and making our school an IB school. THE WHOLE SCHOOL. Honestly, that doesn't make any sense to me. Why make the whole school an IB school? Yes I think that most of the kids could keep up with the curriculum, but in general it would be very difficult for everybody. I just hope the administrators know what they're getting themselves into. Another thing is that this year we also got a new gym- it's really great too, a seemingly labyrinth of rooms yet to be explored. And its only the beginning.