earning love

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
-Benjamin Franklin

You can earn money

You can earn a punishment

You can earn a reputation

But, can you earn someone’s love?

Everyday I hear stories or see people doing acts of “love” to win over someone they want to love them back.

Is it possible for someone to fall in love with another person just because the other person bought them a gift?

Our society encourages the strangest things.

In my mind someone has to fall in love with the other person on their own. This love cannot be persuaded by gifts or acts of kindness. If that person simply cannot fall in love with the other then no gift is going to persuade their heart to do so.

Love is so much more than just materialistic objects.

But, if two people are already in love with one another the gift would not be trying to earn the other’s love but to remind them of how much they love them.

My heart goes out to those who love with no regard to the other person loving them back. These are the ones who love unselfishly but still always very hopeful that the other will change their mind. Maybe if the unloved just did one more thing… the object of their desire would love them back.

It’s heartwrenching to know that this isn’t true.

One cannot be convinced to give their heart away. It’s up to the heart to decide where it wants to go.

Like others I am very much so in love with love.

I think in a way I live for the undefined. For instance define the following for me:

1. Love

2. God

3. Art

I enjoy the fact that all three of these, which are the basis of my being, have no limits. No constrictions.

What a great way to live life…. knowing that the impossible is merely possible.

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