I have been wondering...about love. Whats new. During a very unusual time, in a very unusual place(trust me), I started to wonder:
Do children understand love better than we do?
I asked myself, "what does love mean to me?"
..what does it entail, desire, need...
What does it mean to love, to be loved?
I began to think...
Adults have a very hard time grasping the concept of love. Really, most of us do.
That is why relationships are so complicated no matter the extent of the relationship. You can be all idealistic and say its simple..but come on now.
Think about our society today and how skewed our perceptions are on too many things...
Love being one of them.
If we truly knew what it was and everything surrounding it, it wouldn't be so difficult.
As you get older, I believe the idea, meaning and understanding of love either becomes diluted and/or polluted. Everything becomes too convoluted.
This is due to life experiences and worldly influences. We are pushed and pulled in so many directions.
We loose sight of what is real.
What is true.
It is very possible they know better than we do.
They have a more pure understanding of it.
I think in one sense, children do understand love better than we do. They know when they love someone and its very natural to them. What they feel, what they know and how they express it. It simply is what it is.
And also, think about the cazillion witty, insightful and profound things children say all the freaking time.
What is the truth of love.
What does it mean, in the most simplistic way?
A child knows.
-N
