Unconditional Love

So just to start off this blog, I thought I would explain why I made it in the first place.  I'm not using this to write about how wonderful or awful my day was, but I am going to use it to write what is on my mind, the more deep stuff. The way this came about was I had somewhat of a revelation I guess you could say when I was just sitting in one of my college classes.  I've been thinking a lot lately about love. A simple four letter word that has so many misconstrued meanings that it's heartbreaking.  I think everyone somewhat has their own view on what love should and should not be.  And I'm not saying anyone is wrong, I just want to relate what I think it is.  People tend to base true love, love between a guy and a girl, on the feelings they get from each other.  Or even on the circumstances going on in their day to day life.  But in my opinion, that's completely wrong.  In relationships, we tend to look for the warm, fuzzy feelings that someone else gives us when everything is just dandy.  But if you focus on those feelings, what happens when they're gone? Usually we tend to give up and look for those feelings in someone else.  That is conditional love.  Love that you are only satisfied with when things are going your way.  I don't want that kind of love, that's not what I dream it is.  I don't want to always have to be in the best mood, or do everything exactly right just to be with someone.  That's a lot of pressure and can ruin a relationship.  If I'm gonna be with someone, I want unconditional love.  The kind of love that I can be in the pissiest mood ever or I just seem to screw everything up that day, but it doesn't matter because I'm loved anyway.  The kind of love where no matter the distance or time apart, your feelings never change.  The kind of love where I'm loved for the person I am.  Unconditional love is just that.  You don't love someone for the feelings they give you, but you love them for the person they are and you wouldn't change a thing about them.  That's the exact kind of love I want to feel towards someone and have them feel towards me.  That's the kind of love that you read about in books or watch in movies.  But the best part is, we can make it a reality, and not just something we read or see.  Love is not an emotion, it is a way of the heart.  It is unchanging and forever faithful.  This is how a healthy relationship develops and stays strong.  If you want to feel this love and you strongly think you have a chance with a person but you're afraid of getting hurt, take the chance anyway! Sure, you could end up with your heart broken into a million little pieces but God will put it back together, trust me.  Love is a chance worth taking, no matter the consequences.  And if you find unconditional love in a person, never let it go, because it will never let go of you.  That's the beauty of it.