Crazy lil’ thing called love

Supposed to be blogging and writing about my trips and adventures I’ve had over the past week but so much is on my mind that I’ve decided to leave it for another time. I might end up spoiling your read if I did blog about it now so I’m asking all readers of my blog to forgive me!

Recently I asked a friend this. “How do you know that you’re truly in love?” This might sound odd at first but if you think about it carefully, it kind of makes sense doesn’t it? Should love be regulated by the amount of time you think of another person? Or should it be reflected by the number of things you do for each other?

A more thought provoking question would be this. “What is love?” “What constitutes love?” Biologically speaking, love is caused by the release of hormones in ones body.(or at least that’s what I’ve been taught to think.) This causes the brain to react in a certain way and in turn resulting in electrical impulses sent to the rest of the body which control human physiology.

Since this group of hormones isn’t highly specific, isn’t it expected that the same kind of feelings can be invoked by more than one person? In fact, I think this feeling can be invoked by non-living things as well! Think about it. When you listen to a love song, watch a romantic movie or (for some) go about your daily lives, aren’t you inclined, at times, to think about your loved one? How then can one know for sure that he/she is truly in love?

Maybe it’s a matter of satisfying a number of criteria, i.e. the more ‘functions’ the relationship satisfies, the more one feels in love. If your loved one is able to make you feel loved, if he/she is able to fit into your criteria(whatever it may be) and if you can actually picture this person in your future, then perhaps you will ‘fall in love’!

I’m really confused about this thing called love now.(Who isn’t?)

Sometimes I wished I had a crystal ball to give me a glimpse into the future! Yes! Maybe that’s what we need. Some hope/knowledge that the future will be well and everything will be alright.

(For those of you who think I’m sprouting nonsense, I humbly apologise… maybe it’s because you haven’t been in love yet? =) Kidding… till next time then. Have a good day world!)