The Word

The meaning of this word has been made known since the dawn of humans, long before the first hominids roam the earth and from that day onwards it has been grunted, uttered, hailed, shouted and most recently whispered. How can a particular word transcend politics and nationalistic boundries, cultural differences, religion, race, creed, colour and age to be one of the most spoken 4 letter word in this world? I am not referring to the colloquail that is most commonly spoken in the majority of teenagers. I am refering to the more intense, more affectionate, more appropriate and meaningful word,..... LOVE.

What exactly is love? Why is it easy for some people to attain and impossible for some? It has been a grunted from the primitive and long lost tongues to the modern language of the internet and the cyber age. Even JRR Tolkien has a word for in Elvish, the language of immortals! Love in English, cinta in Malay, Ai in Mandarin, Rak in Thai, amour in French and multiple other languages that are too many to even describe. The lists goes on and on. It's the most widely used word in the world. I think this is truely an international word, there is even an sign dedicated to it, not to mention a symbol that is attributed to it and it alone. There are ballads, poems, plays, movies, masterpiece compositions and beautiful artwork dedicated to the propagation of this sacred word. What intrigues me is what is this word made off?

A simple L-O-V-E could have so many meanings. Love as a noun means a very strong and intense tender affection and compassion, with different inference from different facets of life, be it a mother to child, love between 2 complete strangers, love between a husband and wife, love between family members and love between friends and my personal favourite, love between dating couples. Love can also be a verb, but it still hold true to the intense feeling that is associated with it. Ah...... to be in love, feels like heaven and to be out of it feels like hell. This intense feeling cannot be aptly describe by words, it needs to be experienced.

Essentially If we were to analyse it on the scientific level, it's nothing but genes and hormones and yet, science cannot even began to explain the exact chemical reaction that explains what makes someone falls head over heels in love and yet, hate some one equally after the fallout? Can religions and divinity explains this? It was even suggested in da Vincci's Code that Mary Magdalene was infact The Holy Son's lover and they had a lineage that carry the fruits of their love. This is blasphemous but is there even a remote possibilty of the existence? It's anyone's guess.

I reckon the most important thing is to believe in the word, it may be elusive but with this believe there will be hope, and to all the people that hasn't found the bliss and meaning of this word, I dedicate this word to all of you, may you be blessed with love and the love(s) of the people around you. Miracle do happen and it will come,.... in time. I truly believe this and I am holding steadfast to my believe that it will eventually come. Love is definately all around!