Why I would always choose love.

What would you do right now if you were told you had a month to live? How would you feel? What would you say? Would you say anything at-all? Unimaginable. Unthinkable. The world we live in, was never meant to be permanent for us. Its a stopping station. We are here for only a while. We are passing by. What we do in that time, will mark us forever, some of us will waste time, others will never let time pass them by.

Recently, I have been made to see, how life is a flickering light, that can shine for us so brightly sometimes, and other times the light diminishes, but the thing about the light, is that it will always go out, and its up to us to enjoy it while its there. I have always known that everyday is precious, but let's be honest, days pass by, and we just go on with our lives, we know bad stuff happens, but we ignore it, its easier and we never think it will happen to us anyway. When it does, its a shock, and I have been shocked, and made to see more than usual that things that are bad can actually happen to us and they will.

Today I have been thinking a-lot, about whether I was told that I had a month left. What would I do? How would I react? I can never begin to imagine. But the first thing that came to mind was to smother the ones I love, to surround myself by every single one of them, and never let go. Because in times like this, the only thing I can think of is Love. I wouldn't spend my time living recklessly, and money would not concern me. I can only think that all I would want to and need to do in that time is leave a mark on the ones I love, and making them see that even though life is fast paced and that there may not have been many chances to tell them how much I loved them, but that I did, and always will.

So how can I work this into my own life from now on? I know that in life, the only other most important thing about showing the ones you love you love them, is showing yourself that too. After all, we can never be as capable of love if we do not love ourselves, and show ourselves that. Without love, to me, there is nothing. There has always been debates, Love V Money, Love V everything else. People will say that, they purposely shy themselves away from love, and some refuse to love, refuse to put themselves out there, and seeing people casually only - is the only thing that they can do. I don't often think about how I come across, or what I do, but I know without a doubt that for me it is impossible not to love, I wear my heart on my sleeve, I get attached, I love blindly, I used to hold it back, and almost see it as a fault, but from now on - I am not going to.

To me, Love is one of the main things that separate us from anything else, and it is what defines us. This is why I would always choose Love. So from today I will live as if everyday is the last, and before this weekend, that was just another cliche quote for me, but I realize now just how true it is, and how if we all had this approach we would maybe appreciate ourselves and those around us more.

So smother and tell the ones you love them, before it's to late, and get out there and realize that sometimes its the small things that make the big things, and that some of the best things in life can only be felt with the heart.

Jade xox