How do we express and accept love?

Words are but an expression of the nature of humanity. Words are but a tool towards the honest or the deceitfulness of the human condition.

I can say a very passionate phrase, one man can see it as a very romantic thing, another can see it as offensive, a women may see it as joyful, and a boy can be driven to tears. It is all in the intention of the message, and its interpretation, not necessarily its content.

Some speak through music, others speak through words, and some through painting. But all these things I describe are that expression, of thought and idea, of emotion. There is not such thing as words, or painting, or music, there is only intention

A chef can convey poetry through his craft, a painter expresses love with his brush, but the intention behind it is the same. It is the translation of their passion so others may share it

Touch, taste, smell, sound. These things are all a language of themselves

It is the boundaries of communication that we limit each other. If a chef conveys his love to all through epicurean delights, that is readily accepted. But if a chef expresses his love for everyone through words, then he is open for heartache.

So he hides his passion for life, he hides his expression for love for all, be hind the sweet deliciousness of his craft I can say, "I love you" and you might be offended, I could sing about my love for you, and you might find it romantic, I can touch you to show you my love and you would be surprised, I could paint my love for you, and you would be inspired.

Short of touch, words are the most painful, but we focus so much on the nature of speech, I think we often neglect understanding and using other forms of communication

Why isn't a recipe as inspiring as a sonata? Can a rose smell as sweet as a sunset? It is not that these things are not inspiring, it is that we do not pay enough attention to the world around us to be moved in all ways.

It is society that limits how we express love. It is religion that dampers its passion. But It is the individual that accepts what other men say, as fact, instead of seeking the responsibility of truth of love. Love will always find a away, except if man hardens his heart.

Love is not the experience that life has to give, love is the experience we are willing to give to life.