This i Believe

monique burt , period 1

I believe in love, I believe that it is the root to everyone’s happiness regardless if they know it or not. There are many types of love and different situations where love is used to find happiness. The online definition of love is “any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment”; this is true but to me it’s much more than that. To me love is what you put your heart and soul into. You can do this by finding your passion in life, putting your heart and soul into someone else; like falling in love, family members, and friendship, or even just putting your heart and soul into yourself.
I believe in a fairy tale love, the kind where the princess finds her prince and lives a happily ever after. This is something that I’ve always wanted but unfortunately it’s failed to come true. Day and night I think about how exchanging hearts with another person would make me feel. I imagine it would make me feel like a million buck$, on cloud nine, basically change my whole world. I thought I had come close but I guess it just wasn’t close enough. I believe that there will be someone for me that can fulfill everything that I’ve imagined, but until then I put all my heart and soul into god, family, friendships, and into my future. These are the aspects of my life that make me truly happy. They have also gotten me through some tough times. The love that I give to them and receive back is one of the only things I really have besides myself.
Love has gotten me through my past, brought me to my present, and will follow me into my future. Back in 2008 I lost my grandmother and the love from my family was the only thing that held me together. I believe that it brought me closer to them, and gave me a chance to share my feelings so I didn’t have to feel all alone. When I was down and out they were the ones that helped me cope with my loss, while giving me as much support as I needed and I thank them for that.
I believe that the love I have for myself is the main thing that keeps me happy. One thing that I know won’t change is that I believe in myself. I will always stand for what I believe in even if I have to stand alone. The love and passion I have for my goals in life are going to get me further than anyone would expect. I trust in myself and know that I can accomplish anything in life and I believe that love will get me through anything. Although it might bring some healthy heartache, in the end I would never know how happy love would make me feel if I never felt hurt.