by V. Z. Marcus

Created on: September 19, 2009

Life is full of love. It's inherent with those who will live and love in this world. The foundation of any successful relationship and the driving force in raising a happy family. From so many corners of existence comes love and its blossoming. Anyone can experience it, and all who do, experience one of the things that make life worth living. Individuals fall in love for a wide range of reasons, each reason owing to a certain set of variables. Things like race, socio-economic status, and geographic location determine where and when a person might fall in love, and with whom they might fall in love with. But these factors alone do not determine the process; the seemingly magical event in which two people discover that little four letter word. You might find yourself asking a question like, how does such a thing happen?

How a person falls in love is a question that can be answered when we first consider what drove a person to the love initially. A person can knowingly begin a search for love, or unknowingly encounter it with little or no warning. Sometimes both sides run into love without realizing it. The fact is, love can and will occur, with or without the conscious and meticulous search for it. When a person finds another to which they can relate wants and needs, love can begin to grow. At times, the outward appearance of an individual will attract potential lovers, while at other times the way a person looks has nothing to do with it.

Interestingly enough, the elements which make up attraction are so numerous, that it might lead one to believe that love can happen at first sight. While the argument has been made towards the validity of such claims, it comes as no surprise that most people will have to work a little harder to find that special something in another. When this happens a relationship can begin and start to grow. Two people will see each other more regularly; whether as a couple or as friends or as mere acquaintances. The rate and intensity in which they converse will determine how fast or how slow the relationship will progress. Sometimes love can take ages to blossom. It all dependant on the mindset of both sides and the timing at which the relationship takes place.

People make choices in their life that can either warrant or deny the development of love. At times, one might encounter the foul sting of unrequited love; in which so much of your wants and needs are placed in another, someone who might not feel the same way or exude the same level of excitement that you do. You might find yourself making difficult choices in the process of love, having to deny someone the love that they desire. In the end, love comes when the composition of all variables come together in the same place and meet in the middle. When two people see what makes them happy reflected in the other. A testament to its power and reach, love allows all who might encounter it an experience worth living for.

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