Love isn't the answer.

When I was young, I believed that love was the answer, that love was as important as the air we breathe, that if you found it, you had to hold on and never let go in order to help it last. Over the years, I learned better. But my biggest takeaway when it comes to love is that there are different kinds. Different kinds for different people for different situations. No two loves are the same. And although, maybe with the help of others, we could classify the different feelings of falling in love, I am not sure.

I wish I could describe all the kinds and explain to the world that yes, you can fall in love but the difference is you can fall in love again.

My first love was a fire. Once the spark ignited, it burned every sense of your being. It was wild, uncontrollable and quick. You had to nurture it but too much air and it would die and not enough and it would die. Fire is a beautiful thing to look at, but it is something created, it doesn't last on its own. The two people need to work together, communicate and support their love, if not it will fizzle out.

My current love is like the ground you walk on. After swimming for miles you are exhausted but once you reach land you breathe a breath of fresh air. You sigh in relief and the overwhelmingness of reaching your goal. You can rely on the land to support you, to bring you to new peaks and still be there in the valleys of despair. It doesn't need your constant attention, it doesn't need to be constantly fed. But to keep it beautiful, it still takes work. All love takes work. It is easy to forget how important the land is, the farther you get from the ocean. But it is everything and you never have to question if it will give way. It is always there and it does everything it can.

Do you think there are other loves? I think so, but I don't know how to describe them without being a part of them.

Maybe there is a love like the ocean calm and flexible and encompassing. Yet can switch to becoming powerful, ruthless and overbearing.

Maybe there is a love like the wind, you feel it in every breath you take. It keeps you alive, it gives you a reason to live even at the most basic level.

Maybe there are more. Maybe there is a love like a rainbow that helps you find the happiness after the rain. Or a love like an intersection. It was beautiful and fleeting while you crossed paths, but your lives were going in different directions. Maybe there is a love as bold as technology with the ability to change the world.

Love is such an interesting topic and we all get these opinions in our heads but we don't share them. We don't relate to each other. We call it individual and we stop there but what if there is so much more we aren't learning.