Written By: D.Parker
Photo by Juan Manuel Merino on Unsplash
Have you ever thought about the many ways love is perceived?
For some, love is a beautiful thing that brings tremendous joy. For others, love has been a painful experience, leaving wounds and scars they carry in silence.
To the unloved, pain and silence become love because silence keeps the peace. Holding everything inside becomes an act of love. And the heartbreaking truth is, when you have never experienced anything different, you begin to believe that this is what love is supposed to feel like.
Crazy, right?
But how can we expect someone to recognize the beauty of love when all they have ever known is pain?
Maybe, possibly, this is why empathy matters so much. We never truly know what someone has been taught to believe about love, what they have endured in its name, or how deeply they long to experience something different.
So we need to be- no, scratch that- we have to be intentional about showing love in all its forms. The kind that listens without judgment, embraces without conditions, speaks when silence has caused harm, and reminds the unloved that they are worthy of something beautiful.
Love can be a beautiful thing. And sometimes, all it takes is one small act of kindness to help someone believe that again.
It's all small steps to a giant.
(Random Thoughts)
D~Parker 11.3.2026
