Life Lessons from Love
Falling in love is like surviving a lightning strike;
still alive but marked and never the same.
So many people think they’ve loved,
but they just felt static electricity —
infatuation that only touches a fraction of the surface.
It comes and goes with the friction that formed it.
Love enchants the disenchanted.
Love touches and changes your core.
Love stops and restarts your heart over and over.
Some say sacrifice must be made for love.
I say love makes it not feel like sacrifice.
We may form relationships
by chemical compatibility,
but love creates a bond
between two souls
embracing one another
without fear of loss
nor desire for control.
Truly falling in love cures loneliness
not because you gain a lifelong partner,
but because you experience the value of life itself
by caring for another with all your heart.
And this lesson is not limited to romantic or sexual love.
You can fall in platonic love.
You can fall in familial love.
Because falling in love is not a singular thing.
It doesn’t happen just once.
Each time you fall is different.
Each time you learn to appreciate a different value of life
through a different person.
Treat everyone you meet like a lesson —
full of wisdom and requiring attention.
Because each of us is, and we all do.
