"I Love You."

I have a stats test tomorrow... and Aunt Janice and Grandpa are here, but I have the urge to blog now anyway.

I've been thinking about the words "I love you" a lot lately, and all in all, I just think that phrase is a really cool concept, especially if you break it down. There are obviously two parties involved, the "I" person and the "you" person, and they are connected emotionally (and syntactically) by love.

I just think it is a really awesome thing when you can honestly say you feel that for another person. The way I explained it to Jenny was like this - I love her. Love is the basis of our friendship. Sure, if you asked me to name 100 things I love about her, I can do it, but it's not any or all of those things that really factor into how much I care about her at this point. I guess what I am trying to say is that the people in my life who I can say I truly do love are above rationality. I feel like I am connected to them on a deeper level than just "Yeah, he/she is fun. That's why I enjoy spending time with them." The people who I love can really, really screw up, and it couldn't change the fact that I care about them so much.

I think this makes much more sense in my head, or my heart, than it does when I explain it. I think it's just something I know.

So, in closing here is a quote from the movie Stardust. I haven't seen it (surprise, surprise) but Kelly has, and she showed this to me.

[Love] was the only thing that made watching your world bearable - pain, lies, hate - it all made me want to turn away and never look down again. But, when I see the way that mankind loves... you could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional.