It’s a really simple sentence. It contains a subject (two nouns- “you”, and “I”) and an action (“love”, in the form of a verb), so it is a proper sentence, and cannot be referred to as a “phrase”. The common use for the sentence itself it to relay one’s feeling of affection to another, because we currently have no better word for “am attracted to<\/em>” or “feel strongly sentimental toward<\/em>” than “love”. I can let things like this slide in our culture, because I’ve given up hope for the people of today ever realizing the sanctity of anything that was pure and holy before. Cynical, yes. Entirely untrue? Ehhh….<\/p>\n

So anyway. What I’m discussing now is the apparent impossibility of saying this sentence (“I love you”) to a significant other without morbidly appraising the reasoning behind this action, as if, by saying so, the rest of your life and theirs as well hangs treacherously in the balance.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, one of the modern-day inconveniences of a self-absorbed lifestyle is the unwillingness to make commitments to a single person for a long period of time (the rest of your lives). And since the word “love” has changed so much, its use within a relationship refers not to a spiritual representation of overwhelming selflessness, but to a completely trivial emotional feeling towards a sweetheart. In other words, we’ve completely missed the point of how simple, elegant, and completely general Love should be.<\/p>\n

For instance, there are very few who can look at the following Bible verse and not agree with it, even if they adhere to the current, flawed definition of love today. I provide a link to the site here as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…<\/p>\n

– 1 Corinthians 13:4-8<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tell me: is there a single thing on this list that we shouldn’t do\/not do for everyone? I mean, EVERYONE. Every person on this earth should be treated in this way, not just our family or our romances. Shouldn’t we be able to walk up to any person on the street, regardless of our previous knowledge of them, look them in the eye, and say “I love you” to them?<\/p>\n

So I am offering a proposal to everyone: Don’t let that important little sentence hold you back in a relationship. Don’t balk at the opportunity to let people know what you think about them. Don’t retain from someone the knowledge that you love them, especially<\/em> if they hold your affections. Don’t let the stupid culture of today tell you that saying “I love you” is prematurely taking a relationship to the next level, forcing evaluation and deep meaningful thinking to possess every aspect of the association until someone says something dumb like “I’m not ready for this”. Because if you aren’t ready to be loved by another person, you probably shouldn’t be reading the end of this blog post.<\/p>\n

(Disclaimer: In no way does this affect the amount of meaning that should be placed into those three little words. If you say it, make sure you mean it, and if you mean it, make sure you show it. Words are still only words unless they are put into action.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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