LIKING or LOVING?

So recently I have been thinking about the term liking and loving someone. Obviously it has its own distinct meaning to each word. Friends have been breaking up and getting back together lately and it really just got me thinking. So here I go trying to explain it in my own understanding.

First we have the word 'like'. The word like usually comes at the beginning of the relationship. Its used is a very objective and material way. We like the other person's hair, eyes, smile, character, the clothes they wear etc. Basically its the first impression that strikes us to find interest in the person. It makes us want to know the person better, to find common ground and eventually get into a relationship with each other. Then we would start liking the person's presence as they build together the relationship through the common ground that is found. But like only goes so far in a relationship until the honeymoon period is over when we don't see our other half as the perfect one anymore.

On the other hand we have love. Love is a feeling that really is undescribable by words. It is a feeling of bliss that cheers straight to the deepest part of our hearts even in our darkest period. Love is accepting the other person no matter what thier fault or short-commings are. It is seeing the person as who they are, the person who we will still love if everything was taken away. Loving someone dosen't need a reason. What if the reason is no more there? Do we stop loving the person? We can stop liking someone when they change but we can't stop loving someone that we really give our love to. That person will always have that special place in our heart no matter what.

So that is what I think and loving someone. Anyway, your's truely will be 21 next Saturday...hehe. As usual people will put up a wish list on what do they want for their birthday. Let me not break this tradition and list down a few things.

1. ipod touch
2. iphone (yes I do want both...:p)
3. bag
4. shoes (I always enjoy a new pair of footwear =))
5. guitar (preferbally a Gibson semi-acoustic)
6. tickets to Avril's concert
7. a bilingual englind-mandrin Bible (learning how to do Bible study in mandrin)

Okay okay, don't think I'll get everything in that list but its called a 'wish list' for a reason right? Anyway, forget the list. The only wish I have is to be reunited with that special person that I gave my love to and still holds that special place in my heart.

You'll Always Be My Baby