Love Should feel like an Open Canvas
Love is one of the indescribable feelings in the world. Like someone I know would say, it means different things to different people. And maybe she’s right. Lately, I’m beginning to understand what love should feel like, outside the pain, torture, and this inner suffering that love connotes personally from longing for and never receiving it (the way I’ve described).
I came to the mild conclusion that love should feel like an open canvas.
Just like an artist needs a canvas to draw what comes to mind, and possesses all the tools to bring their imagination to fruition, love should feel that way. That is, love for yourself, and the kind you expect from others while in a relationship.
Love should feel like a canvas as an avenue to express freely who you truly are — without any judgments or fear. Which is the type of love I’ve personally felt over the years.
Love should feel like a breather to bask in your authenticity and creativity. The more you love and receive love, it is meant to expand your tendency to create more ways to give and receive.
Love should feel like an avenue to expand your being. It should make you better, not bitter or worse than you’ve ever been. Because if it’s the latter, it’s not bound to be love.
Love is subjective, hence the “should feel” attachments to the sentences above. But love is meant to materialize objectively in a way it’s easily detected by the next person (a stranger presumably), who can feel the aura of the love you ooze and the way you give it.
I guess what I’m saying is, to use this “love-ly” season of Valentine’s to reevaluate the type of love you need, give and receive. If love doesn’t feel like an open canvas to revel in, question it. Because true love heals to the bones regardless.
Wishing you a memorable Valentine’s Day.
