Love

"Love is as real as you make it."

     Anything can be loved. A person, an animal, and yes, even you. Sometimes you fail to realize how much people care about you. As someone recently told me, "Love is simply and illusion. The feelings that you have for people are just different variations of hormones in your brain." The thing is, if we were being technical, emotions are chemical reactions. Love however, is something that is rarely understood and has proven to be even more complex than the exchange of hormones and chemicals within your body. If you, like some, have decided that love ceases to exist, create it. Love comes in many different forms and no matter what form it takes, love is one of the few things that remains genuine and pure. Love doesn't have to be the love you have for you children or your spouse. Love can be as simple as loving your neighbor.

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) NIV

Falling

"It doesn't matter how hard you fall, what matters is how quickly you get back up." -Unknown

     There will always be people there to shove you down and tell you that you are not good enough. Always. Have you ever thought to yourself, "Why are there are so many campaigns that are aimed to destroy bullying?" Whether it's online, in schools, or even your workplace, bullying occurs every day and has an effect on everyone involved.  As humans, it is our nature to try and cover our imperfections by replacing them with criticism. We see our own imperfections and react by exposing the flaws of others. In an attempt to make ourselves seem better, we make other appear worse. We announce the imperfections of other as we hide the imperfections that we ourselves have. Little do we know,we all have faults and ,while some might say that they have none, they are simply afraid to admit that they too are not perfect. In reality, none of us are perfect despite how hard we might try.
     People can shove as hard as they want to ;however, as long as you make the decision to pick yourself up after the battle, they can never affect who you are as a person. And once you wipe the dust off your pants and stand firm, you begin to realize just how strong your weaknesses can make you. God will give you the strength to stand if you stand beside him.
"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you." (1 Corinthians 15:58) NIV