Love Beyond Romance

Love remains the missing ingredient in all that is needed to make the world a beautiful place for every human. We are blessed with money, mineral resources, knowledge, and lots of other things we need to have a beautiful world, but the absence of just one thing called "love" is why the world is still what it is today.

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Call out 99% of the world to speak about love, and their response would mainly be about couples, how a man should love his wife, and vice versa. We only think of romance when anyone mentions love around just because we have misunderstood what the feeling actually symbolizes.

We always forget that love doesn't end with just lovers; it extends beyond whatever a man and woman share between themselves.

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We can't ignore the feeling of love between siblings, friends, family, and others, but that shouldn't be the end of it all.
The world is capable of many great things, but the absence of love is why there are just a few good things happening around the world.

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I misplaced my purse two weeks ago and was stranded at the Lagos garage in Ogun State. It was one of the situations I don't like finding myself in because asking around for help is not an easy task.
I looked around the motorpack and pleaded that a woman lend me her phone to reach out to my family because I was still heading to Lagos. Her reaction was something I still see when I close my eyes, and it wasn't something I expected.

There are many men in the park, but approaching a woman was the only thing on my mind because I know how funny men can be sometimes and I don't like taking advantage of being a lady.

I shamelessly dragged myself away from the woman, unaware that a man was looking. He approached me and asked what was wrong, so I explained my situation.

Without asking any questions, he handed me some cash and told me to head back home because God doesn't want me to embark on the trip and I shouldn't force it. I was speechless and didn't know what to do other than take the money and return home since I was going just for a visit.

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That act of love is something that should be practiced by every human, but we usually don't see the need to express any form of love or kindness unless the person is our lover, a friend, or a family member.

If the human race had allowed love to flourish among us, there wouldn't have been so many crimes that are rampant across the world. Racism, terrorism, fraud, war, and many others have the same effect on humans; they cause pain, and none of these things would be happening if we could just learn to love one another wholeheartedly.

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With love, we will protect the interests of our fellow humans, care for them like we would ourselves, and there won't be room for hate. Love doesn't just prevent us from engaging in bad acts; it is capable of making us do great things if we open our hearts to it.
I hope this post serves as a reminder for us to always let love lead wherever we find ourselves in the world.

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