Open your love wide

I have grown up knowing that love is very important for society to live harmoniously and I’m not about to be proven wrong. Blended with my social work knowledge, I still hold on to this self-believed philosophy and things work out just right. Interestingly, I have realized that some European countries (Norway for example) have incorporated the concept of Love in their national laws especially in child protection work and this has made Love a children’s right (a right to be loved).

Well, there are “gazillion” interpretations of love and countless expressions of the same. If there’s anything subjective, that is “Love” and I wouldn’t want to impart my own understanding of the term. I however believe that all love should have good intentions and it least means “controlling” the other person. If anything it should grant them self-autonomy to decide life courses and trajectories. It’s good though to be careful so that these selfless acts do not entangle you in an emotional dissonance. What you feel also matters and you need that self-determination just like anybody else.

The point I’m making is that do not spend the greater part of your adult life Loving one person…putting in all efforts to please one particular human being! Get out of the “strangle” and spread that love to the rest of humanity. Divide that love to hungry men on the street, to poor neighbor’s children, to women suffering domestic violence, to sick people wishing to die on stinky hospital beds, to hungry children with barely no roof over their little heads…the list goes on. Let us spread love! Whether or not we receive it back!