What's Love got to do with it? · 8:47pm Mar 11th, 2014
The word "love" can mean many things.
It can refer to the strong bonds between family members, friends, and of course lovers.
However, I've been finding more and more through stories I've read recently that the concept of love actually developing instead of just "happening" is becoming played out. Now I know that fanfics are meant to be a fantasy of sorts, which is why I have so much fun reading and writing them, but when did we become a community of instant-gratification?
Through idealism and personal experience, I've found love to be something that is built over time, and maintained through hard work by all parties involved, whether it be romantic or otherwise. Never have I come across a lasting relationship that has begun off of lust-at-first-sight (yes, I changed the word -- you can't love someone you don't know), but I have seen more and more stories reflecting such a thing. It seems that many of us are either tired of trying, or too lazy to do so in the first place.
I propose a change.
I propose each of those interested reach out to someone from their past, no matter who it may be, or whether you're romantically interested in them or not. That person needs to be someone who you perhaps don't speak to all that often, but has weathered life's trials with you, and has stuck by your side through both the good and the bad. Don't make the mistake of letting such a precious bond go to waste; show that person that they are important to you, and that loyalty and reliability means more than some shiny new thing or person that might catch your eye.
It's something that I'm doing right now, and I can say that it's one of the best feelings in the world. Putting it off for so long makes me feel more than a little shitty, but it's because of that, that I wish to remind my readers and followers about what they may be missing.
Those that have read my stories and seen what they are really meant to taught know that I don't just write because I want to make someone smile or cry, but because I wish to impart knowledge and misplaced values to those that might need them the most. After all, a simple woman or man may die, but his or her words will forever live on in those that draw importance from them.
Reach out.
This guy.
This guy right here
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Hmmm...No, I can't really think up anyone who fits that description.
My "best" friend was really only for Preschool, and then more friendship between the parents. I didn't really bond well with him.
Everyone else was just kinda...there. I may have had childhood issues that made me deathly afraid of being the first to enact a conversation, and never ended up with any true friends. Highschool was somewhat better, but...I still mostly kept to myself, unless I was in class with them. I seem to keep on ending up with people who have vastly different hobbies that I don't really get.
1917838 Hobbies don't make the person, my friend. Morals, life values, and world views form who a person is, as well as how they relate to you and other people. If you can find someone that you click with in that regard, what they like to do in their spare time doesn't really matter...within reason, of course. I wouldn't expect you to become friends with someone who likes to kill and stuff small animals, and then act out little plays with them.
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Yeah, thing is, either I still haven't found that person, I scared myself away from them, or I'm a sociopath and losing the ability to care, which sometimes worries me. Then after a bit I forget about it.
...Hm. Interesting idea.