Whenever we talk about love, we often talk about it in the context of romantic relationship between two people.
Books are written based on it.
Films rely on it.
Songs are made out of it.
We spend our lifetime marveling it.
What is less celebrated or glorified is the other kind of unsung love between people, often sans romance.
People go around saying I love you wishing to be told the same in return.
Gone are the days when saying such is a mere act of affection without asking anything as reply or response, or when people do not throw such words easily.
People take words like I love you to a greater degree of seriousness, so much so that hearing those three is something they might be afraid of.
The fear takes over the joy, as those words are powerful enough to make one thinking for days, worried not being able to reciprocate.
People who think hard before saying I love you likely repeat the words thousand times in their heads until the words lose their intended meaning.
Once the excitement is gone, it is likely that the words are not said at all.
People crave for being told I love you that they rehearse their reaction, often forgetting that a simple smile and kiss will just do.
People love the words I love you that upon travelling, we always ask the local languages of these three words, and we make funny attempts to imitate the pronunciation.
For once, emotionless act can be genuine and heartfelt in this case.
People believe once words like I love you are spoken between two strangers, a relationship is born.
If only it were that simple.
People don’t go around saying I love you and wish to be told the same in return, because sincerity will reveal itself.
Peope aren’t supposed to take words like I love you to a greater degree of seriousness that fear will substitute good-hearted intention.
People don’t need to think that hard before saying I love you, or to endlessly repeat the words in their heads before being chickened out by the dizzy mind.
People who crave less for being told I love you will never rehearse their reaction, because they will give the most genuine reaction instead.
People may not love words like I love you that much, yet when they travel, they can still form a good connection with locals.
People need not always believe in the idea that relationship begins with saying words like I love you.
People, like us, just do.
It’s that simple after all.
Nauval Yazid & His Words. 