The Mystery Behind "LOVE" - Ibin S Mathew

THE MYSTERY BEHIND “LOVE”

   Love....A small word in length but a much bigger word in its meaning. It can be described as a combination of four different letters which can even conquer the world, when they stay together. We can shorten our universe into these four letters. But does it always provide a favourable atmosphere ? I don’t think so. The beauty of love depends on how we take it.

     God  is what comes to one’s mind when they think of love. Its only because of his love and care that we are being taken care of in this world. Its a love with variety. No one can imitate his love. Holy Bible says ,”Love can even conquer the minds of our enemies”. When we love them, most probably they won’t have any other option other than loving us. This is a perfect lesson greater than academic education. All living beings have this quality within them. But the expression of love is different in the case of different people.

      Other than the love of God, the love of our parents stays at the top. We can experience it through our senses. It can also be referred to as the unconditional love. Because children are the greatest assets of parents. In general, children upto the age of 20 care for this love and they give it back to them. Once when we feel that we are comfortable enough, we start not reciprocating  this love. We may not wait to accept and return love. Instead we rush into our busy world. And as a result once when we reach a better position we dump our beloved parents into the old age home. We never consult anyone other than ourselves to take such a decision. There is a saying;  “Be loyal to yourself “. We are never used to follow these words. We should ask ourselves  that while doing all these, are we loving only ourselves. Because we all are a gift, launched into the world through the love of our parents.

      Now a days the term ‘love’ is commonly used by teenagers and youth. They never realise the importance of love when they say ‘ i am in love ‘. Such kind of love can be termed as short termed love, which may vary from a day to may be 3 or 4 years. A few months ago, the film ‘premam’ was released and its impact on love was quite different. It exposes a different way of treating love. We cant criticise the film completely, because it was just made for entertainment, as all other films are. But it made a negative impact on the society. But we can also sort out a beautiful theme from that film; a message for all those people who feel regret in loosing their lover. It correctly points to the validity of teenage love, which never lasts so long. When people fall in love ,they think that this will be the only person whom we will love till the end of our life. But this movie explores the real validity of that spark within us.

     The intensity of love varies in different situations. Unconditional love gets shortened to love with many conditions. But can we develop a love which is universal? No we can’t. We can only love with our mind and heart. We can never imitate anyone’s mind. And so the passion of love and care also differs. Some people are used to smile with love. We can find love in all movements. But we should be ready to observe each changes and criticize the negative. When people join hands together, in their label of love, no force can break its bond. It will only gets stronger. While writing about love, we can never reach a proper a conclusion other than unconditional love. When we leave behind all our ego while loving then only we can build a strong world; a world governed by love.

Ibin S Mathew