Love, Around the World

As love is a universal language, it's a common thing to find on my travels. I realize that love sees no race, religion, and can be found in any kind of form. I personally don't think that there's one proper definition for love, but here I'm trying to share some of the love definitions for me. 

Here's a series of love, captured at different times and places. I hope these pictures bring you warmth, the same way they did to me while taking them. 

Love, Around the World

To communicate, without a word being said. When both parties are in love, I see that verbal communication is not the only way to communicate. They hug, touch, stare, sigh, and create gestures only they understand to deliver messages. It always amazes me how people understand non-verbal languages, as they can be translated into many definitions. A sincere hug can mean bliss, gratitude, sadness, anger, and disappointment. When two parties are in love, I guess they create their own language that no one else's allowed to understand (Melbourne, Australia, 2016).

To care, without expecting anything in return. We demand a lot of things in this life; a paycheck, a returned favor, a simple compliment, a stroke of good luck after a good deed, you name it. But if we love something deeply, we often forget to demand our rewards. We give, give, and give because loving them itself is a reward already. (West Java, Indonesia, 2018).

To share toys, laugh & do silly things together! To spend the only time you have doing nothing but share laughs together. You're willing to do the silliest things you could possibly do cause you know you won't be judged for that. After the day's over, you'll long for the next time you see each other to do the same thing all over again. (Tokyo, Japan, 2019).

That indescribable bond, solely based on instinct. Mother's love is commonly known as the purest form of love. Without being taught, an infant instantly knows where to take shelter right after its first seconds existing in this world. Wouldn't it be nice if we could love everything we see every day as strong as mother's love? (Nara, Japan, 2017).

To fully accept your imperfections and embrace them regardless. Self-love is another form of love that is commonly discussed in present time. It can be defined differently by many people worldwide, and it's ok to have different opinions about it. For me, it's to be 100% comfortable with your own body and soul, and take good care of them. To be proud of your skin, race, scars, curves, fats, your feeling, what you prefer, and how you'd like to become as a person. And lastly, when you love yourself, you'll never apologize for being you (Seoul, South Korea, 2017).

To feel that nothing else, but this moment, matters anymore. When you love someone, you'll enjoy each other's company so much that sometimes it feels like the clock stops ticking. You won't care about a single thing happening around you, as you two live in a separate timezone from your surroundings. Other than us, everything else passes by in a blur. 

 

 

As we're always surrounded by Love every day, 

the second part of this series might happen in the future ;)

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