love

a friend said, "i don't think i know how to love yet."

one line that struck sth in me. the stark truth in that line.

while everyone is fervently waiting to be loved, waiting to love and searching for it, a friend passes this comment, something i totally didnt expect from a 20-year-old. what is this 'love' that our friends talk about... look at our parents. their love is not something ppl our age can comprehend. the 'love' ppl our age talk about, is probably not love at all.

what is the extent ppl our age can 'love' to? are they willing to sacrifice their lives? is it even deeper than what they feel for their parents? can they spend the rest of their lives with this person?

i'll throw you the typical question. when your dad/mum and your boyfriend/girlfriend are drowning in the sea, who will you save first? is this even a question of who you love more? it's a human-nature kind of question. you save your parents, because they gave you everything. you were given the privilege, the right to love from them.

i don't suppose, we actually do know how to love someone outside of family. it's something we learn to do, over time. you don't need a list of ex-es, it doesn't correlate with how much you know about loving someone.

admittedly, everyone gets lonely at a point of time. everyone needs someone. don't anticipate, because when it comes, it will be a pleasant surprise. rather than wasting emotions, i suppose it's good to save them for that one love of your life.

some people take a long time, some people find them earlier. it's just a difference of time. im sure in the big world out there, someone's waiting to meet you, just as you are waiting to meet him/her.

to a dear friend, everyone finds someone. you will too. =)