The Gravity of Love

There are many different kinds of love that apply to individuals. There is love for ones family, love for ones self, love for ones friends, love for ones religion, and many other types. For myself, love is a very hard emotion to explain, and is much easier expressed. Sure, we sometimes have strong feelings for people that at best can be described as a longing for someone, but very few and far between can the affection between two people be described as love. Love isn't killing yourself just because the person that you love has died, it is having the strength to continue on and keep yourself committed to that one person, even after their death. Love is a lot stronger than any book or person can describe. It takes a dedication that few can put themselves to. It means putting themselves through all the hard times just because they feel like it is completely worth it. Some people say that "Love is a roller coaster." Well, I have to disagree with that as it is much more. A roller coaster can never go higher than the highest point due to many factors, whereas love can start off at the lowest point and go much higher, fall, and go higher yet. Love is climbing your way to the peak of a mountain and falling into an abyss, then climbing out of the abyss to find yet another mountain in front of you. It is a constant struggle, and saying its easy would be a lie. It is a feeling that, to me, has no words that can quite sum up the full extent of just how far it can go. Love can be anything from risking your life to protect the other to giving them a simple flower. It's not what you have done, its the depth of the meaning behind the action.