What Is love? Love is a tricky four letter word that comes with a world of complications, flowers and uninvited advice from people who are still single. Love is something we find through everything and anything, our work, job, a significant other even a cup of coffee when done right. While caramel creamer can’t replace the butterflies you get when meeting Mr. /Mrs. Right I can’t help but wonder what love looks like now that we are locked away in our own personal solitudes and can barely meet for lunch without wondering if someone had washed their hands. Comfort in the concept of you: With the current pandemic I’ve come to realize just how social we are as humans. Think about it, we crave the social interaction that distracts us and makes the world a little less boring and dull. What would you rather be doing on a Saturday, sitting at home relaxing or being with your friends relaxing? Perhaps not even saying a word but just sharing the moment and watching the bachelorette on repeated while indulging in way too many cheetoes and that coke’ a cola that you swore you would touch because you just had one last week. This pandemic has taught us to be comfortable doing things on our own. It’s also taught us to love the time that we have with our families more. And if you just so happen to live with your parents during this time like I do then you have time to reconnect and re find yourself in some cases. The concept of finding love in a pandemic could mean that you’re finding love in a new hobby, a new career a new friendship, style of music and yes even a person. You thought I was going to talk about personal romantic relationships. Ahh the choice of the good ol’ “got ya” Love takes time. So follow a steady stream: with this being a difficult time and people unsure with how to handle this new found isolation we have turned to social media more than ever before. Disney+ releasing movies early, Netflix starting a party chat and watch app extension (other apps are doing this too as well as Sling) even certain gaming apps offering free services. Some have just even taken to reading more and spending more time getting to know them better, working out and making healthy living decisions. Love doesn’t always have to mean falling in love with a partner. It could just mean falling in love with the version of you that you are creating. So pandemic or not, lets take the time we need to foster growth, LOVE and an honest connection within ourselves, who knows we might like what we create.
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