LOVELIFE.

2/14/2010; 1:43AM

"ikaw, kumusta na ang lovelfe mo?" a friend of mine asked me yesterday after our midterm exams.

it didn't matter that much to me that i was not able to give her any sort of answer because frankly, i really don't have "one of those"... in Filipino custom, people expect you to have a boyfriend by age 18 or so, and i really don't get the point of them requiring you to have one (like as if it's merchandise to be bought) just so everytime THIS EXACT DATE (February 14) visits your calendar, you'd get to have someone give you flowers or buy you something cute or sweet or fancy... same old mediocre stuff. it's the kind of thing that makes me wanna hurl because of its overly exaggerated notions.

DO NOT GET ME WRONG.

so I'm single. but this blogpost is not exactly to be considered as "rantings" of my bitterness (or whatever or however you may perceive this) because I'm single. I know it sounds very cliche that the reason I have for being single is because i wanna take my time, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS...

how come limited people get that???

whaaaaaatever.

although, needless to say, i really am curious as to how people's minds work. When you mention the words "LOVE" or "LOVE LIFE" or "VALENTINES'" they'd interpret it as something in relation to romance. Blah. can't you consider your relationship with your family as "love life"? how about with friends? or those whom you see wandering off in the streets? (maybe i'll write a post about this one, with this question at hand: do you still feel a TINGE of pain when you see people like this?)

needless to say, even LOVE, the purest, sweetest, greatest FORCE known to mankind has become a mediocre thing, a one-time-big-time event, a "day", a "date"... *sigh*

is it really necessary to set up a date specific for couples to give heart shaped balloons and cakes and stuff to their partner for THIS day? why can't they do that, you know, like, just because it's wednesday or something? must there really be an occasion to have an opportunity to show your appreciation through "tangible stuff" to the ones you love? can't you show that everyday? can't you make them feel that even without the "tangible stuff"?

see that? that's EXACTLY how futile the human mind sometimes is when it is not properly exercised. lazy brains says, "why go through an effort of reaching out for answers when you can lower down the level of the queries?"

*sigh*

such a strong personality, wouldn't you agree?
you know, there was a time when i appreciated this day as a special day too.. actually, it is. but the thing is, over the years, i've been taught (by a lot of stuff that happened around me) that sometimes, this traditions and cultures are all but trends people follow but have forgotten the meaning of. Like, how can you say "i love you" to someone else (like your partner or something) when you cannot even admit to your mom that you are sorry for what you've done, or to your dad that you are thankful for what he did, or to your siblings that you love them? doesn't that seem strange that when the group of people to which you are expected to learn how to give love, you deprive them of YOUR love?

what is LOVE anyways?

in the greatest, purest sense, it is simply this:

for GOD so loved the world
that HE GAVE
His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
that whosoever believes in Him
shall NOT PERISH
but have everlasting LIFE.

LOVE means to give your best, give your all, give what you have until it hurts, for the benefit, the safety, the LIFE of the ones whom you love.. just like how God gave us Jesus to save us from eternal damnation.. and we the benefactors of this kind of SELFLESS LOVE? well... we just have to believe that He is God, we are man, and He knows what He's doing.

That's LOVE.
That's MY kind of LOVE.

Happy Valentines' Day.

♥♥♥

_spread love!_