This is a re-post on my previous words. I just wanted to shed light onto this theme in light of where the Cardinals have led us as well as the celebration for President Obama.
Enjoy!
Love.
I think I am on a roll with one word titles. I am going to see if I could continue the pattern for the rest of the year. My first writing teacher in college would hate me for it, but what does he know, he only has books published and a career. I have a blog!
So, back on topic. The word again is linked with an emotion. It is a word that is just a word if you remove that emotion. In fact, without emotion behind it, the word is somewhat simple and boring. But, when the emotion enters the equation again it becomes the most beautiful word in the entire language.
They say that there is only one form of Love. That is the form of unconditional Love. That is a Love that never fades and is always there. It is the light that is in your heart that motivates you through the darkest of moments and it is the sensation that a memory or thought of a love one fills you with when you are completely alone.
Love never fades. It is something that never leaves you. When you truly Love something it doesn’t come and go like the fog of San Francisco. It is not an emotion that can change depending on the time of day. It is truly unconditional.
You cannot fall out of Love. You cannot one day look around and say, there is nothing around me beautiful enough to Love. That doesn’t happen, because unlike any of the other emotions, Love is not dependant on one person. You cannot Love something; that cannot Love you back. You can fear or hate or be happy or frustrated by something; and that something can have no idea it is causing you to feel this way.
But Love. That’s different. Once you Love something it is the truest expression of self as you are courageously exposing your soul to another.
I Love the Arizona Cardinals.
It is a Love that will never be compromised and no matter where my journey goes and who I meet down the road, they will always have a piece of my heart.
In the beginning of the season, and up until about eleven days ago, everyone else loved the Cardinals too. The Nation was growing and everyone was getting caught in the chaos of what might be and where this campaign may take us.
Then, we lose 2 games, everything gets turned upside down and those new members of Nation cashed in their cards. It’s not trendy or cool to support a team that is struggling.
The Cardinals have been out-classed the previous two games, one in front of the Nation on Thanksgiving. That is enough for the tarnish to be removed and the Honeymoon Period to be completely destroyed.
If you do research on relationships they break down into a structured pattern. It is a structure that happens in almost all relationships. Think back to your previous Love’s and see how accurate it is. But before we do that, you need to understand that the Honeymoon phase only exists for women and men will usually not feel this same way.
When a relationship starts, you both are smitten. You love doing everything together and you spend hours just talking. Everything you say to each other is profound and you complete each other in ways you never knew were possible.
This continues for a few months, depending on your personalities and time spent together. This is, in essence, the “Honeymoon phase.”
Once a woman begins to feel compromised in the relationship and the interest from the man lessens, confidence issues are created. She will go through an identity crisis and begin to lose her footing in the world around her. In the end, she becomes overwhelmed with the relationship.
At this point, it gets interesting. Does she stay around and truly Love you so you can work on the relationship; or does she flee and run away without ever turning back?
This is the usual tipping point for relationships. The timetable above is just based on research, but like anything is up for debate depending on the relationship. But the main goal of the research is this:
Do you stay in a relationship because you think it can work out and you love the other person; or do you run because it is too much work and you would rather repress whatever emotions you did or do have?
Now, if we link this research with that of the Cardinals this season it could be understood that those still here and battling are those who will fight for the Love.
They are the members of Nation that look at the Cardinals as more than a team that wins, but can identify with the struggle they face as a young team trying to build.
You have to look yourself in the eye and Love yourself before you can ever let anyone into your heart.
The Cardinals are learning to Love themselves. Despite the recent struggles, the Cardinals are still a team that is getting comfortable and confident with their positioning.
For a decade the Cardinals have been a team that have had the Nation love them. They were a team that never had confidence in themselves and the Nation was always there to try and pick them up. It’s a tough deal of it to unconditionally Love something and not have the Love returned to you only because they didn’t know how to express it.
The Cardinals are finding out how to express that Love this season.
They are returning the years and years of one-sided caring from the Nation with the hopes of a play-off birth and the possibility to finally make the Nation smile again.
It is a tough life to lead when everything you have learned to Love is taken away and you are constantly left heart broken. It will cause you to run when you feel Love, because you don’t trust the other person from doing what everyone else has down to that tainted heart.
What I say to that is, Love everything. Love everyone. Love is the only emotion you should feel everyday and if you allow yourself to Love, you will set yourself free. Everyone is different and when you find you are falling down that slippery slope of Love, just close your eyes and open your heart.
When your heart breaks, it’s not broken, just injured. The moments that caused you to feel that way for someone or something are not gone but repressed. You will always be loved if you remember the way that Love made you feel and the moments in the past will never be gone, but forever saved in your mind.
Concluding, this is simply about Love. Love everything and everyone. If you are fried and stressed, take a moment to meditate and get your self centered to the point of that first Love. Just remember how the look of the Love of your life would ground you and make you melt.
The moments are always in your memory, so use them when you are feeling overwhelmed.
Thanks and be Happy! Love something new today; it’ll open your eyes!
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