life, love, fire..

I hear people always complaining about how hard life is, and for the most part, I agree. Life is hard. But I started to wonder.. if it wasn't hard, if life came easily.. would it still be worth it? Would you appreciate every moment that was given to you? Every song a bird sings, the sound of the ocean on the shore, a child's smile, or the way your heart pumps when you're standing by the one you love. Would these moments be significant anymore? Because when everything comes easily, things are taken for granted. When life is hard, and not everything goes to plan- you start to realize what truly makes you happy, and appreciate the little things in life that, once passed, cannot be revived. There is life everywhere and in everything around you. Only, recognizing it is the difficult part. The part most people aren't capable of achieving. Seeing life literally is quite natural.. for example, from the smallest aspects, such as a cricket chirping, to the most enormous like a whale breaching at sea.. it is only when you are truly able to feel life around you can you understand what I'm saying. There is life in love, and should always be love in your life.. Loving is the essence of human beings. The ability to feel such strong emotion for another person is something to be valued. However, you are also allowing yourself to be vulnerable, because no living thing can last forever. The physical being of the ones you love will eventually fade away and all that will be left are memories. Memories of love can take you soaring high and far away from the pain of the physical world. And sometimes an escape from reality and a journey to the past is all you need to feel at home.. Love is the essence of our lives. It is vital to keep that flame of life eternally burning. To not let the spark die out.. Because when the fire dwindles down to embers, instead of letting it cool, you must keep feeding it.. feeding it with memories. Travel back to the time when questions could be answered and all things made sense. When every activity was enjoyable. And when you felt most alive.. That is when the flame will rise again. And you will feel every ounce of happiness, in knowing that at one point in your life, you were able to spend time on this earth, whether brief or extended, with someone you love. And that is a gift to be cherished...