Love is different for everyone. Many think of love in terms of relationships. Does he/she love? Will I ever find true love? Well, yes those are some aspect s of love. But there is more to love than just that. I would like to explain in my own words what love means to me. I believe in many loves however, there are three that I would write about on this page. They are true love, family love and the one everyone - especially us guys - friend love.

The first is the one everyone expects to see on this page. The true love. The love that we all read about in books and see in movies everyday. One question though, do we truly believe that all these stories ended with "happily ever-after". I believe they could but not in the sense that we all imagine. True love has to be fought for, not only by killing the dragon (our insecurities) but also by fending off the insecurities of our partner. We should reassure them each and everyday that our life would be incomplete without them. It should also come from the heart not as if it is a chore. If we feel that fighting for the relationship has become a job, or necessity, well we should them contemplate the reason we are in this relationship. I would recommend going to see a therapist in order to find the reason for this codependency. Love of this sort will start off as lust - which many confuse for love itself - but when the magic dies, that is when love truly appears. It is at this point that our battle begins or ends. Well, will we fight or flee? The answer lies in our hearts, and listening to it is the smartest thing to do at this point. If it does end well we can always turn to our families.

This bring us to families. Many people forget that their family is the only given constant. Most will have a family that will love them come rain or come shine. As far as this is concerned I recently lost the lady who brought me into the world and taught how to be a man, my mother. As Tupak said "it most not be easy trying to raise a man", and it was not at all for my mother. My mother was the string that held the family together for so long. Now, don't get me wrong there's still plenty of love and now its even stronger. My father, siblings, cousins, aunts/uncles, and everyone else was so touched by this loss, that we all learned never to take any of us for granted. Family love is the hardest to let go of because your family is your blood. Many times I have fought with my family members but I never thought for one second that I hated them, this is coming from the son of an alcoholic and abusive father. My father and our family was plagued by this disease that ate at our family core, but never thought we hated him. As a matter of fact we make sure he is feeling good, loved and safe everyday. Family is where we all turn to when we have a problem. Unfortunately, some people do not have this luxury and turn to their friends.

Friends can be loved also, yes even by us guys. You know you love your friend if you wish nothing but the best for them, can not imagine what life would be without them there, and are saddened by misfortune befalling them. Many times we go our entire lives without telling our friends we love them (once again mainly us guys). However, how would it be if they were to depart this world and we had to swallow the words we never said to them. It is never too late.

So today, stop for ten minutes and call your girl/guy, family and friends and tell them how you feel. I can assure all of us that it will make them smile no matter what type of day they are having. Nothing feels better than knowing that someone cares that much for us. It warms our hearts and makes us want to wake up once again tomorrow morning. Maybe we should not stop there and show our neighbors, our countrymen and women, our fellow human beings just how much we can accomplish just by loving each other.