Nothing To Lose

Erica Jong said, ~Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything its cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more.~ Let me ask you this question, do you believe love is everything its cracked up to be as you meet that one person who mrings you to life within your heart and soul each time you talk, see, or are around him or her? Its that person who "haunts" not only your inner most thoughts but also every room within the chambers of your own heart to where the mention of that person's name or talking about him or her puts a smile on your face.

As it was said in the quote above, people can become cynical when it comes to love. Why? With so many happy relationships/marriages breaking up and not lasting more than a couple years it makes you rethink going for it with a certain someone who made a big impression not only in your life but in your heart as well. We've all at some point heard through the proverbial grapevine of two particular people, whether its acquaintances, friends, and/or celebrities hooked up to where one responds by giving them a certain timeframe on how long both with last. If you think about it, we as a society has become more pessimistic rather than optomistic when it comes to love/relationships and yet the question remains which category do you fall under?

Inevitably, there comes a point where every cliche in the book about love comes to fruition when it happens to you. Such cliches are he's my prince charming, she's one that fits the glass slipper, its love at first sight, it hit you like a ton of bricks, you've fallen head over heals, etc. Depending if its immediate or gradual it will happen or already has happened to you to where you either fight the feeling and run away from that person or embrace the feeling and walk towards that person. For the question can be asked of you, when it pertains to a potential and/or significant relationship are some, most, or all of the cliches about him or her are true and if so, which ones?

Without a doubt, love is worth fighting for, being brave for, dying for, and risking everything that you put your heart, as well as, your soul for. Personally speaking, how many times has your heart been in the battefield that is love? How many times has it became a casualty of war, so to speak? How many times have you returned to the battefield knowing that old wounds may open up in your heart? How many times have you continually trusted yourself in opening up yourself annd your heart to someone only to have that trust betrayed? Essentially, when it comes to love you have to take risks with your heart and if you don't take them, you risk not ever getting truly shot in the heart by someone who is absolutely worth giving your own life for.

The Greeks, who are known for epic battles, asked only one question after a man dies which is, Did he have passion?" Passion in the sense that a man believes in everything he said/felt within his own heart and soul to where one metaphorically and/or literally keeps fighting until the end. In the past several months, that passion that was thought to have long burned out in my own heart years ago has started to slowly burn brighter and bigger. Personally speaking, I'm risking everything to follow my heart to where if I die in the battle, I die with passion. In the end, I have nothing to lose and with that mindset, I could quite possibly gain something very valuable in return....her heart.