Love?

Girls live for love and relationships, while guys live for goals and pleasure. Why is this? We were made differently and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Everyone must overcome issues in their genetic makeup, and if they can then their life can be better. I once heard a quote. It said that girls held their hearts like glass, and they were constantly broken. But guys throw their hearts around like footballs and it is never hurt. This is odd because usually something made of glass is held in more regard than something like a football. But in context, it is fully true. Why do girls continue to love when they know it will end in pain? The pain of love is inevitable. (Note: I am talking relationship love, not the Love of God). For most couples, heartbreak follows the ending of a relationship. Or there might be pain in the middle of the relationship. But either way, following a relationship there is pain. For the lucky few, a lifelong marriage follows. This also ends in pain, when one spouse passes away.

So what is the point of love? Why put yourself out there with the knowledge that you will get hurt? Sure some say they need to experience it once to understand, but then they never stop. I am personally in this cycle right now. I know that I don't have to give myself to a guy, for in the end he will break my heart, but he promises he won't and I know he is better than the last. I am unsure of if I really want to give myself to him. I don't want to get hurt, but I want the happiness that I know will, and is, coming from our relationship.

The happiness, the memories. These are the reasons we love. The memories and the joy are worth the pain. Each relationship is better than the last one, for we learn something about ourselves, become stronger, and learn what we want in a boyfriend/girlfriend. If we learn at least one thing in a relationship, it was worth it. I know what a relationship is like in which emotional pain is the only thing you feel for months at a time. But I learned more in that relationship than I did in a relationship where I was more of a just friends with my boyfriend, and we never worried about anything. You know what, I am not going to worry about the past or about my mistakes because every mistake has made me who I am today.

God has thrown me through various loops in my life already, and there are tons to come. Some of these tests I have passed with flying colors, others barely passed, some I have failed miserably. But God still loves me, and has forgiven me-erasing my transgressions from my record.