then, i realized this...

taken me almost 29 years to realize... love is just a word, a poor attempt to define the only thing real, not just in the world, but in everything, everywhere, always. the way love's portrayed, in books, tv, movies, doesn't come close to the thing itself. love is in every one of us, always - it's all we are, ever were, and ever will be. no language can define it. we have this misperception that we need someone else to be in or have love. but it's already in you, and has been all along. it's yours to have if you choose, right now. it's who you are, what you were born to be and do. when you love yourself, when you finally become love, that's the moment love manifests your life in a more tangible form, so you can actually see, touch, taste, smell, feel it. but remember, it has always been there, in you, from the start. all we need to do, each and every one of us, is accept and become our ultimate destiny - love - and i know when that day finally comes, the world we live in, and maybe even something beyond that, will be like that place we like to call heaven.