"The Reason For Existing" by Allie R

“Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know, know
I swear it will get easier,
Remember that with every piece of you
Hm, and it's the only thing we take with us when we die” - Ed Sheeran , Photograph, X

“...When we leave this world we give up all our possessions and our memories. Love is the only thing we take with us. It is all we carry from one life to the next.” -Lang Leav, Stardust

It’s kinda of a funny thing if you truly think about it, all stories are centered around love. After all, books have been the one constant thing that guides humanity.  These authors we attach onto for strength are just as confused in their own lives as we are.  Although the writing of of an author can change so much during their real life.  We hope that they have some explanation for this four letter word that no one can truly describe.  It makes you think that all people are only trying to is fall in love and find a way to describe it. Love is the main conclusion, for every story, every theory that tries to explain what people are and why we exist.

 As children some of the first stories we are read to us are about love of a princes and princess. We create fort castles with fire breathing dragons to protect them, and knight to defeat said dragons. It's not a scary word for an emotion, it's a magically word. It is something we want, but don't know why. So, we create games with no serious plots that we run around playing. Like “family” or “pretend to be a puppy” (Anonymous kid) . Although we don't realize what we are really talking about when we say this four letter word we still use it.

 When we are teens we start to understand that love is something that we could soon be experiencing and it's terrifying.  We don’t see it as magic anymore we start to see is as the center of our existence.  We will soon or are feeling the good and bad that comes with this four letter word. It changes us in unspeakable ways. Shapes the rest of our lives. Its also not just love with a couple anymore. It's love from a friend, a sibling, a parent, a pet, or even the love of doing something. Because love comes in all forms.

Love also makes teens realize the fear of death. Because what's the point in existing if all we do is die? What if we die without love? What if at our funeral no one is there? All we start to want is for someone to be there. To acknowledge our existence and the only way we can conceive of that happening is if we love. So naturally we fear being without love and being in love. It's so terrifying because if we do fall in love what happens if we fall out of it? What happens if the other person stops loving you? This is the start of trying to understand this four letter word.

 As an adult we face it. This thing we have been hearing about our whole lives. We have to let another person into our heat even if it's terrifying.  We have to coungour our fears though. People have to go after what they love so they can really make a difference in the world. We have to become the hero in our own childhood story. So we accept the love thing and try to live for it. 

Then we have to live out the rest of our lives. After accepting this four letter word we let it run who we are. Love is a word we created for something that can’t be seen because it's inside of all of us. This unseeable thing that humans will never be able to fully explain no matter how many years our race exist. Because this four letter word describes the reason for humans to exist . Without love the human race would of died thousands of years ago. If people lose love we lose our reason for living. It is a force that is taken lightly as a child, porder as a teen and feared by adults. All humans live out their own love stories with beginnings, middles and endings.