by lynne sampilo

Created on: September 25, 2010

Love.

It is a word so often used and misused.  We can always say "I love you" to anyone and everyone without really understanding the true meaning of love.  When we were young, love is associated with that special someone-the guy who makes our heart pound so fast whenever he is around.  As we become adults, love is our family.  The true meaning of love is found in the word "unconditional".  You love a person despite the flaws and differences. To love someone unconditionally is loving the person exactly as they are, what they were before and what they will become.  Since people change as time passes, loving them means you accept them even if they become a person you disagrees with.  How many parents can truly say this about their kids? How many can truly say they love their partners unconditionally despite the pain they caused? Love isn't about what you can get out of it or what the other person can give you.  It is not about you feeling "proud" of what they have achieved or how they are always agreeable with everything you say or do and never does anything to disagree with you.  Unconditional love means the person can live their life exactly how they choose and you will always be there for them no matter what happens.

No one is perfect.  This is what I always tell myself in regards to the people I love in my life.  I am not perfect either.  Sometimes we wish that we are existing in a world where there is no pain, no mistakes, no wrong decisions so we can avoid hurting the people we love most.  How simple it is if we can always live up to the expectations of people closest to our hearts.  To be a good daughter, a caring sister, a supportive mother, a loving wife or a trusted friend yet, once in a while we fall short of these expectations and we hurt others.  In the process, we hurt ourselves too.  

I have been blessed that I have found unconditional love in God.  For the past years of my life, I have strayed away from my Christian belief and faith because of human weaknesses yet, He never gave up on me.  God has given me chances for change everyday of my life.  Constantly reminding me through the many trials I face that I have Someone who loves me despite all my flaws and imperfections.  Accepting me every time I called out His name and asked for forgiveness.  How do I know He loves me unconditionally? Personally because I feel it in my very soul.  There

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