To Love or not to Love?

                      

           Love is debatably the most intense emotion a human is capable of feeling. It is a feeling that is so extreme and can come in so many different forms. There is always so much at stake when loving someone. What if they don’t love you back? What if something happens to make your love fail? Every person at one point or another in their lifetime will ask themselves the question: is love worth it? While the answer to this question really depends on the eye of the beholder, I have my own very strong opinion on the matter. I believe that love is a risk that is worth taking. Every person could benefit from loving someone because it gives them something to live for. Even if you only once loved someone, you are forever changed by it. It makes you more aware of the things in life that cannot be seen or heard, but only felt. Learning is a huge part of life so if being in love taught you anything, no matter how unpleasant it may have been, then it is not something to regret. I think that you should never hold yourself back from something that you want to do because that is no way to live. If you go about your life just sitting on the sidelines, then you are going to be left with so many what-ifs in the end. Isolating yourself from people isn’t going to stop you from getting hurt because you will ultimately be inflicting pain on yourself. If you go about your life solely on your own, then you are going to have a hard time trusting people and conveying your feelings for them. So what if you fall in love and then he ends up leaving you? Life goes on and you will eventually find someone else to be happy with again. Every human is born with the need for attention. From the moment you are delivered in the hospital, you are screaming and crying, wanting something from people. As much as anyone tries to combat those natural needs, they are still going to be there and they need to be met. So indulge yourself a little bit and fall in love.