what's it all about? [monday morning blues after a weekend jet lagged night]

It is more than just a forced act, fake words, or grudgingly executed actions.

Instead love is something that compels us to put another person first, to allow ourselves to change, to give, to forgive, to protect, to trust, to hope, and to persevere. While the minimal surface-level "love" [that some people around me seem to] pursue in [their] own life is very often the deepest level of care/concern/intimacy [they] are willing to let into their lives, the love that answers [this] question seems to be one that is not afraid to go deeper, risk more, build one another up instead of tearing each other down, and be real.

More than just an abstract concept that we each must figure out own our own, however, this love that asks us to go deeper than surface level is a love that is offered us all every day, ready to help us find a life of true fulfillment, offering forgiveness whenever we mess up, seeking to repair every crack and flaw in our imperfect lives, and simply asking us to trust in that love and share it with those around us.