"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." W. Clement Stone
Believe…
Such a strong word. Our minds are very complex. If we just believe in anything enough, we can achieve it. When it comes to me, I am a huge believer. I believe in God/a higher being. I believe that everyone can find happiness. Hell, I even believe in magic. We have vehicles that can fly. Is not that somewhat “magic?” But there is one thing that I find rather difficult believing. It is rather ironic really.
Love – A solitary word that has numerous meanings. Everyone has their own definition of love. As for me, I do not quite know what I define love as.
The basic of love is probably the same for everyone. Two people who can connect with each other want to be closer. They may end up getting married and want to settle down to start a family of their own. That is perhaps the basic definition, yet people make up their own definition of love, one they want to believe. People always claim when they see someone, it was “love at first sight.” They claimed that they knew they loved the person before they even met them. I frown at this because it is literally impossible. And what makes it “love at first sight?” You would not even know the person’s name or personality. All you would know would be their appearance, so does that mean you “fell in love” with their appearance at first sight? That is rather silly.
People always claim they have their “soul mate,” that fate made it so that two would be together. I wrote a whole philosophy paper on this claim. Is not love just compatibility? Is not love just two people who have the preferred interests, personalities, and appearance of their other? Is not that just what love really is? Is not love just another word for compatibility?
People always want to have that “fairy tale ending,” but it never comes true. There is no such thing as fairy tale endings. Two people do not fall in love and live “happily ever after.” It is just fairy tale stories that were fed to us when we were little. Now we grow older wanting the ideal outcome, to have the ending we have heard about since we were young. People tend to think of “love” as what they see in the movies: filled with drama, and then a happy ending, but that never is the case.
Even the young are brainwashed into thinking that love is such an amazing thing. Middle and high schoolers literally end their lives over their failed relationship, thinking that there is no one like their now ex-lover. They think they found their “one true love” in an area that consists of only a few hundred people. Even with six billion people in the world, out of a few hundred people, middle and high schoolers think they found love. This just proves my philosophy paper. At first they were compatible, but as time went on, certain aspects were found that were not. Statistically, 1% of high school relationships last. With the odds against them, they still foolishly think their love is different, that their love is “strong enough to beat the odds.” Does not every couple think their relationship is different? Some people are even silly enough to think that their long distance relationships will last. Every couple thinks that, but the relationship fails.
Love is a silly game. It is a waste of time.
There is no such thing as love.
Unfortunately, I am a hypocrite.
Yes, I do not believe in love…But I want to. I want to believe that there really is a such thing as love at first sight. I want to believe that I loved someone before I met her. I want to believe I have a soul mate. And I want that fairy tale ending. But believing and wanting are two different things. Yes, I was in love before. In fact, all during high school I felt I was in love, with one person, but there was no fairy tale ending that we all so seek. In fact, it ended rather tragically. I am not saying this one incident is a macrocosm over my view of love, but it sure did not help it. Those four years were the greatest. It was because of love that I did foolish things. It was because of love that I pushed myself to my limit every day. It was because of love that made me want become a better person, and to this day, has never stopped doing. It was because of love that made me who I am today. I want to be in love again. I want to have a reason to push myself even harder. I want that feeling of waking up every day with one person on my mind. But how can I find love…if I do not believe in love.
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
And I want to believe…
