All You Need is Love

Hello world!

You may or may not have been reading my blog where all I talk about is books and things to do with books. (If not you can check it out here) If you have, then you already know a bit about me. For those of you just now joining me on my blogging journey, I am a pure-bred Southern girl who decided to start blogging right smack dab in the middle of college. Crazy right? Well, believe it or not, it actually helps keep me sane (kinda). So a little about this blog. I decided to start a blog where I could talk about anything that came to mind, from curly hair (which I have in abundance) to the Bible to politics to whatever else may pop in this head of mine. You as my readers won't know what the next post will be about, even I won't know until I type it out. Hence the name Box of Chocolates, because, as a certain wise man once said, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. ;-) I've had a few things bouncing around since I named the blog, and just haven't sat down to write anything. But today I found an essay I wrote for some forgotten reason, and thought, you know what, what better post to start off a blog than one about love? I can guarantee this particular subject will come up again in later posts. ;-)  So here is the essay. I hope you enjoy it.

There are many things that I could say about myself. I could talk about my dog or my favorite music; my love for reading or my family; my best personality trait or my worst personality trait. However, I do not have enough space to do all of them justice. There is one thing that I would like strangers to know about me. That one thing is the fact that I believe in love. Now, before you start tuning me out, let me clarify that it is not just romance that I believe in. It is also love for others, love for family, love for those who are not fortunate enough to know what love really is. That is what I believe defines me, and what pure religion, pure life is based on. It comes in many different forms, yet I will not explain them all.

Love is described as a strong emotional tie to someone or brotherly concern for others. I feel this is not shown in our world often enough. Yes, there are occasional displays of kindness and goodwill, but there is not enough love. We lack the most important element of life, yet we wonder why there is no humanity in the world. If we were to show genuine love for others, I believe we would see less hostility.

We should love more - not only because it could reverse many of the problems in the world today, but also because Jesus commanded us to do it. He said to love our neighbor as ourselves. To love someone as we love ourselves is to love like He did, sacrificially, unconditionally. Why don’t we do this? Our world has become more focused on self and not on others. The Bible tells us that true religion is caring for the orphans and widows, to love them and show them hope. That is what it is all about.

I will say that I do believe in romantic love. We were created by a loving God, Who wants us to love each other in return. This is why He created marriage. It is a reflection of His love for His Creation. I will go ahead and admit that I am a romantic at heart.  What girl isn’t? But I know that this is not something that came about by chance. It is inbred in me, like it is inbred in every other human being. We have the need to love and to be loved

Love, in all its forms, is created by God. This is why it is so important to me. It is part of who I am, who we all are. If we would let our love shine and give it to those who do not have it, the world would be a much happier place. This is why I believe with all my heart that love is the most important thing in the world.

Thanks for reading! I am open to any comments you may have!

-C