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Chapter 5 - What is Love?

WHAT IS LOVE? People confuse the feeling of being in love and actual love. Being in love is entirely egocentric and personal but actual love is something different… it's something shared between two individuals, something you can't fake or purchase.

So don't be surprised if I don't believe you when you tell me how you love me. I heard lots of words, but doesn't see it. It doesn't feel it. And because of that, I won't believe it. It means nothing.

When you say "I love you", you mean it. You look into my eyes with your heavily breathes and deeper voice every word has it's distinct meaning in sentence. And when you communicate your feelings of admiration; really show's your sincere and commitment to be with me.

People have searched for centuries to find the right way to say "I love you" and to try to explain those butterflies in your stomach, that warm fuzzy feeling in your belly and that heart skipping a beat.

To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.

They say, friendship is the best foundation of love.

The questions left are those regarding the nature of the laws that lie deep in the society. Are the love laws a fictional approach on criticizing class laws, tradition, and gender dominance? Issues like incest are banned by "love laws" in the western society as well; does that still make the twins relationship acceptable? Issues such as classicism are ones that we also struggle with here in the Philippines, United States, and any other countries.

With that being said, what is love to you?