What is LOVE?

     Today I read a post in my sister in laws blog. The main theme was love. It was both inspiring and thought provoking. It got me thinking a lot about the big L word. What is love? What drives it? Where does it come from? Why doesn't everyone have it? I don't think I'll address all of those questions but I'd like to jot down this train of thought.
     I was lying in bed and the wheels in my mind started turning. To the point that I found myself unable to sleep. I got out of bed and showered and while I showered I pondered what love means to me. Love is a deep and passionate force that drives human existence. Without love there is no reason for existing. I spent most my life searching for love and ironically I've spent most of my life surrounded by it.
   There are many types of love. Not all of them are romantic but all of them are an incredibly strong connection between you and another human being. My true friends are a small number when counted up but I love all my friends fiercely. I like to say that family isn't always who you share blood with but who you would shed blood for. There isn't one person who I would list as my friend that I wouldn't be willing to lay my life down for without a second thought. Loyalty is deeply rooted in love and necessary for the survival of humanity.
    I have the amazing luck of being in love with one of the sweetest girls on this earth. She is kind and gentle and caring. She has the biggest heart of anyone I know. I am a better person because she is in my life. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for her. I love her passionately, deeply, completely. With all my heart and soul and with everything that I am. She has become my life and even when we have disagreements there is nothing I would change about her. She is perfect. Thank you Ashley for being the guiding influence in my life.
     I love my family. They have always been there for me through the good and the bad. Family is an essential support that everyone needs. A family is people who love you even though you're quirky, odd and downright stubborn.
     I guess the ultimate love comes from God and his son Jesus Christ. There is no love more full or complete. Its a perfect love that cannot be tarnished by any folly or mistake that humanity can come up with. We aren't perfect but somewhere in this universe is a perfect being who loves us guiding us in our day to day actions. I don't know what I would do without my testimony of Christ as my living savior.
     I guess I didn't really answer any of the questions I posed at the begining of this article. I don't really have the answers. Maybe I'm not supposed to. It can take lifetimes to solve all the mysteries this world has to offer and I'm satisfied just living my life to the fullest of my ability. Have a wonderful night dear people.

By  Matthew Lynn