Love: The Entity

There has been lots of debate surrounding if love is enough. So, is love really enough? I had this conversation recently and the person I was speaking to said “I listened to a podcast and the person speaking says love in itself is not enough, you need the dedication, the communication, you need hard work to make it work.” Now, this got me thinking, and got me to the conclusion that love is a whole puzzle and these little things, “the work” IS love. The communication, the effort to keep dating while already being in a relationship or even after marriage. The compromise, staying up till 3am to talk to this person, even the money spent. These are all pieces of the puzzle to create that one entity that is love. Keep up with me here, for instance you don't spend money on a person if you don't genuinely care about a person, when I say money I mean hard earned money, might not even be hard earned money but money you could have used for something else something that also brings you joy. However, you chose to spend it on your person and the reason you did that is because you love the person. I’m not talking to those of you that spend money just to get something in return I'm talking about my real love bugs, those of you that genuinely love your person, your actions are fueled by love. love is enough, love and all its little love pieces that make it the entity.

People make sacrifices because of love;

The love lights the fire that is the action.

I know people say there is love in a relationship and then there are the other things that are needed to be done to keep the relationship alive but you won't do those other things that need to be done if you don't love that person. Love requires effort at some point it becomes effortless because you both do what needs to be done without even realizing it until the question comes up, “is love all you need in your relationship”. Then that is when you start to think “nooo, it is not just love! You have to understand their love language, you have to learn their best form of communication cause this one here does not speak her mind straight up!” This is called being understanding, that understanding is fueled by love. Understanding, compromise, learning new love languages, these are also pieces of love, doing any of this is love, these pieces complete the entity, and that is love.

You have had this dream, since you were a kid to do something or be something. Now, you have the chance and you take it, you pursue this dream with every atom of your being. Why are you doing everything it takes to make sure this dream is a reality? You are doing this solely for yourself because it brings you joy, because you love it, and this is what you want. No matter the outcome you give it your best shot because you do not know when next you are going to get a shot like this. As difficult as it may seem at the time, this being the process before you get the end result, you do it. Why? because you are driven by the love for the art or for the goal you have set for yourself. Sometimes it never goes as planned, but because it was something you genuinely loved to do, you regret nothing and would do it all over again.

What are the pieces that complete your puzzle?