Desire for Love?

I often find myself analyzing and critiquing my actions on a daily basis. Talk about OCD, right??


Well, one thing that has come to my attention is this desire for love. Love is defined in many different ways and I have yet to define what love means to me. It seems that if you look out at the world, love is not popular, yet desired by those who very seldom want to express or give it. What about the Love for Desire?

We desire people to notice our daily existence. If you didn't, you wouldn't have a facebook or a twitter, for posting on these sites sends a message to your online friends that I am still alive. I desire your attention to notice that I am still here. Even if we are still here, barely managing to keep our sanity in this so-called reality of what we call life. Even if we write our statuses, eyes filled with tears from the realization that no one really gives a damn of your existence. But, we love to desire. Desire attention.


You might find the disdain in the tone as you read this, and probably because it is there. We, as humans, desire love. We have a desire for love. So, what do you do when that desire is being unfilled? Is loving yourself enough? Is it as easy as telling someone YOU are responsible for loving yourself?


Well, if that is the answer. Perhaps, you can elaborate on how do you explain that to: a 2 day old baby thrown in the garbage by a mother who doesn't want the responsibility? A 5 year old little girl beaten close to death by alcoholic parents who were beaten by their parents? Or a 12 year old boy raped by his step-father and then disowned from his entire family when he reveals that he is now gay at the age of 15?


Is loving oneself enough to fulfill the desire for love?


If the proverb, it takes a village to raise a child, is true, then does it not also take a village to love a child. So, I ask you, is loving yourself enough to fulfill your desire and need for love? Love as you define it. Ask yourself. It's a rhetorical question.