Cheesy romance films. Sappy pop music. Dirty novels, and most simply of all, greeting cards.

All of these things have the tendency to perpetuate that the idea of love is elusive. That it is magnificent, wonderful, and only people as pretty as them can find it. So many people in our culture glorify the idea of love, they glorify the act of sex and all the "wonderful" feelings it's supposed to bring. We fantasize about these things, and we buy into this product that is love. We buy films, albums (well, torrent), books, and what have you, and obsess with the concept of discovering this wonderful, elusive thing that is "love."

Well, stop.

Love is not elusive.

Unless you sit around on your computer all day, having meaningless conversations with people you'd like to typefuck, chances are you're loved. You have people that love you, and you're a wonderful person. If you're my friend, then I know you're wonderful, and you don't need to be fucking somebody to love them.

The only difference between loving someone and being "in love", is that when you're "in love" with someone, you develop an infatuation with them so deep, that all else seems trivial and insignificant. You believe that this person is the only reason worth living, and everything is based around them, and really, it's not healthy regardless of whether the feeling is mutual.

You are all loved. You are all wonderful, and so am I. There are some people who aren't wonderful, since life by definition is tragic, but unfortunately, we can't change everything. Every change is always refuted by another change, and the world is constantly turning and going through a metamorphisis. The world is full of fascinating characters, both level headed and ridiculously odd (probably the description that fits most of us), and there will always be somebody you can relate to.

Love is not elusive. If you don't feel loved, the only person preventing you from feeling that way is you. Everyone has the ability to be loved, and it's nowhere near as complicated as the mainstream media may make it out to be. Rise above millenniums old pyramid scheme that the corporations have been persisting in pushing, and realize that you are loved. If you're not, you have the potential to be, as you are the greatest obstacle in the highway of life.

Thank you.

~Ben