One Love

As with all things humankind deal with they tend to label and categorise everything into neat, convenient divisions and subdivisions. Discontent with there being one species of humans they then divide our species into races. This is purely humankind's definitions of the differences between the various peoples of this earth. We need to embrace those differences for they make us what we are. Variety, after all, is the spice of life. As for suggesting in some politically correct manner that all humans, be they black, white, brown, red or yellow are beautiful suggests all individuals within these various human-made definitions are beautiful. What a lot of rubbish. I have come across some distinctly unattractive, to my tastes, humans of various shades and racial types who just didn't do it for me but then again, being what I am, should a collection of females be presented to me, one of each race, and I was asked to select the one I'd like to take to bed, I'd simply say, "Hello girls" and make room for all of them. Sex is, after all, a more honest reaction than racism. Without sex would we have those we call the Latin race?

It is the same with love. Did you know that even with love we humans divide that particular emotion into seven distinct kinds? Some even suggest eight kinds.

• Eros: Love of the body. Eros was the Greek God of love and sexual desire. ...
• Philia: Love of the mind. Also, know as brotherly love, Philia represents sincere and platonic love. ...
• Ludus: Playful love. ...
• Pragma: Longstanding love. ...
• Agape: Love of the soul. ...
• Philautia: Love of the self. ...
• Storge: Love of the child.

What a bucket of poop. Yes, there is a certain poetry we place on romantic love. We suggest that we have 'fallen in love.' Really? Well, look around you, use life's experience to give you perspective. In many cases, a growing number, 'falling in love' means falling into a bloody big hole which entails dividing the property, the children from the relationship and costly legal fee's. Love of the child? Is that love any different from any other form of love? There is certainly a mother's protective instinct where she, as with all animals, would lay down her life to protect her offspring from harm but the mistake so many mother's and fathers make is by saying 'my children.' They are not 'yours' you are theirs. You do not own the child but you do have a deep and lasting responsibility to them. Having given them life is a call of nature. It is not acquisition but instinct. You love them as a matter of nature. You love them unconditionally but all love is unconditional if it is true pure love. There are no conditions of love. There is just love.

Love brings joy to the loved and to those loving the loved. It is two-way traffic. If you love somebody or somebody's set them free. Love does not own or take it gives and what a pleasure it is to love, be it a child, a friend, a partner. You cannot define or label love into groups for there is only one love.