LOVE

How do you define love? I believe ‘pure’ love is giving whatever you have; whatever you could to the person you love, expecting nothing in return.
Is this possible at all in this world?
I think it is not possible, though there are some exceptions which I will also discuss.

Well, when someone says that he loves his girlfriend, if taken literally he is telling a lie in some way. Would he be saying the same thing if she does not love her back or leave him for someone else. Would he still be ready to do whatever it takes to make her happy? The ‘expectation’ part is always there. It’s almost impossible to take that out from the equation. You cannot keep on giving without getting anything in return. This trade of giving and taking is not love. It is what we can say ‘a relationship’. Relationships are more of a buyer seller phenomenon. It’s a trade. Though positive emotions may be involved in a relationship but bounded by millions of constraints or expectations. If the constraints are not met it does not take much time for this positive to change to negative and the so called pseudo love going for a toss.

There is only one exception to this that I could ever know with my limited knowledge. The love of a mother for her child. The exception fully holds especially when the child is an infant or very young. The motherly love is the purest. In most cases when the child grows up to have some senses, the expectation from the mother could be there. But here also she doesn’t expect much. She will do 100 things for you and maybe expect one in return.
The others in this picture could be figures who are gods for some people. Buddha, Sri Krishna, Guru Nanak etc. or great people like Mother Teresa. It is known and generally said that they loved the whole humanity. But these entities are like one in billions.

The next time you buy a 100 flower bouquet on valentine day for your girlfriend. Just think did you ever gift a single flower to your mother.

I have become extremely emotional while writing this article. I miss u MOM.