A few weeks ago, we had a hot discussion about love and consequences of love in our English class. Our English teacher, Mr. Ansaari, gave a very nice speech on an unconditional love. There were many things told from the students in addition to his speech. The atmosphere of the class could put anyone under a revision of his/her beliefs. I wasn’t an exception either. There are many questions anyone can ask himself/herself and expect a clear answer to them. Although I’d spent a lot of time with thinking of similar concepts, there were still many questions that crossed my mind about the issue again.

Many of us think very perfect of the matters in our daily life. “You shouldn’t do that, cause you’re gonna hurt somebody’s feelings” is a very common phrase we hear all the time. However, the question is, how many of us believe the same about our own experiences? Would we apply the same saying to ourselves if an incident takes place? Can we really stand the fact that giving love should not contain an intention of receiving the equal love? What really brings love? What really makes us love somebody or something? Isn’t that because we need the same attention from someone? Isn’t that because we love in order to be loved? If we receive the love we need, will we still need to love someone? Which one is more important to us, to love, or to be loved? Isn’t it kind of selfish to seek love for ourselves?

What does love contain then? Is that just physical feelings? If it is not, it should contain a very large scale of spiritual feelings. Ok then, but why do we seem to loose the love we have to someone if he/she looses his/her face skin due to an accident? Is physical condition that important? Why don’t the old people loose their love to each other then?

As you see, lots of questions could be asked and a variety of answers may come into view. For me, there are only a few examples of a true and unconditional love. One is the love of a mother to her child. She stands to devote all she has to raise up the child. She suffers any unpleasant conditions so that the child would not get hurt. She gives all the love she can even if the child does not repay a bit of her love. That’s what I like to call a true love. Giving away the love, as much as we can, and never expecting a return. Because the source of love is eternal. As much we give away, much much more we discover.