Love at First Shudder

Throughout the history of man, no subject has been more discussed than that of Love. The reasons for this are simple. Love is all encompassing, it's ups and downs. It strikes us at our very soul, there is no better feeling that love and no agony like heartbreak. You see love everywhere, in movies, books, magazines, and of course music. But at the core, what is it that makes it so mainstream, so analyzed. To me, it comes down to a feeling. Sure there are feelings across the board pertaining to love, but there is one singular feeling that drives us all. Just like the American populous, it comes in all shapes in sizes. But those who have ever experienced love all know it well. For me, I describe this feeling as a tremble. I remember looking over at my object of affection and she smiled at me. This seemingly innocent smile was the one that just wrecked me. I was forever ruined for every other girl, my bachelorhood annihilated in one fell swoop. And since, I have never lost that feeling. Her smile just shuts me down. This is the feeling we all pursue. And no matter what happens, we will do anything to achieve it. This feeling is more powerful than all of us, it's more powerful than war, hate, and religion. It's a euphoria that is accessible. In religion, we cannot see, hear, touch, or taste God. But with love, we can see that love, sense it. When you look over and see a couple look at each other, you can feel it. And even if you look with loathsome at this couple, you smile inside. You know what happiness is and long for it yourself. It's why we keep going through pain, again and again. So that we can one day achieve that feeling. If you catalog the personal suffering as a result of love, it'd be an unbearable collection of history. But if you look at the magic of love, it makes all of it, somehow, worth it.