“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso

Ah Love, Amour, Liebe, Amor. What is love? Does it have a stable definition? Love and soulmates, real or myth? Facts or fiction? If you do some research on the definitions of love, you will find plenty. Dictionary.com will tell you that love can be interpreted as an intense feeling of deep affection to someone. Someone with whom you have a deep romantic of sexual attachment. This is probably the best literal meaning of love, but it is much more complicated than that isn’t it? Honestly, I don’t think it is very complicated at all, the problem is that we feel the need to romanticize love thus making it unattainable.

“I don’t think that love is the same for everyone. Love is what you want it to be. If you find it, cherish it because it will teach you how to forgive and love each other for real.” This is the most important advice piece of love advice that was given to me by a dear friend of mine after we hung out in the city drinking all night. That was the last conversation I had with her as she died unexpectedly a few days later. I still cling on to what she told me that night, I firmly believe that love is what you want it to be, it is something so beautiful that you are even allowed to have it your way. What she told me that night helped me break away from my commitment issues and my inability to choose feelings.  Stop following some vague depiction on how love should be and look for something that YOU need and want. Thank you darling, rest in peace.

Love is like a rose, it looks magnificent, but it has to the capability to pierce through you with its needles. But the right person will turn hell into heaven for you. Before you are ready to meet the right person, you must make sure that you have no emotional baggage and that you are ready to intertwine your soul with someone else’s. Your quest will be filled with obstacles and lessons that you will carry with for the rest of your life. Go on adventure to find out who you really are and where you belong. Free yourself from the past and have fun in your journey to find love. You must take your time and learn to enjoy the waves of adventures that you will have with different people on your way. Do not expect it, do not romanticize it, do not idolize it and love will come to you when you least expect it.

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Article written by Don Sahan. A contributing author for Lightning Speed Dating blog.