Last week, I was intrigued by the seminar called “How do we love?” It was definitely an interesting topic to discuss, especially for strangers to do so, since most of us didn’t know one another or were paired up with someone we didn’t know.

For me personally, I’m never one to talk about my feelings, but this seminar was all about love. It was very difficult for me to start off and express my own views, so I stuck with very generic answers to the questions, drawing from the information in the packet already. However, I was finally able to get comfortable enough to share my actual ideas and thought about love.

My ideas of love somewhat differ from most of my peers. In fact, I felt very jaded at first and doubted myself and my views. My partner was extremely nice and understanding and allowed me time to clarify and get my thoughts together so that I could articulate what I meant and sound less like a cold-hearted person.

We both came to the conclusion that “love” means so many different things; it encompasses different things or people based on each individual. Just because one defines love one way, doesn’t mean that it is wrong simply because it doesn’t align with the majority’s thoughts; it doesn’t make you jaded. In fact, we also discussed that “love” was a commonly used word, even when it other words best fit the scenario. With the common misuse/overuse of the word, I think this seminar helped to create something thought behind the word’s usage. It definitely was a good PSA and it definitely made me re-evaluate my definition of the world love and the nouns I’d use it for.