Love is so not worth it!

I love you! I love chocolate. I really loved The Hunger Games!! What's not to love? The love of my life. I really love writing on this blog!
No seriously, I do.

So, what exactly is love?
The truth is, it behooves me to talk about the ironic lack of love in the "love" some of us express through our words and actions.

Now, some people may believe that love does not exist. Well, they very well may be right. In today's world, there exists the paradox of the oversimplifications of love and its intricate complexities. For some, love can be defined very simply as a feeling of strong affection directed towards an object. For others, love is very complex. Example:  "When love beckons you, follow him, (even) though his ways are hard and steep... For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you." ~ Gibran Kahlil Gibran

So as I asked earlier, how do we measure or define what love is?
Can we accept the following statements as love?

I love you, so I will kill anyone who harms you.
I love you, so I have to lie to you about the mistress I have on the side.
I love you, so.. (you know, you get the point).

Is this really love? Is this why people don't believe in its existence?
Based on my past experience, I have always considered love an utter waste of my resources (time, energy, money, experience, and whatever else I have to spend on that guy that thinks he's all that!). You feel me don't you? You could love a person and have them not love you back, (or vice versa). Two people could love each other and it would never work out simply because the timing wasn't right. Gosh, I hated having to go through that.

So, is it worth it to love, considering the possibilities of rejection, defacement, ridicule and sorrow?
Well for me, yes! At least, the God-kind, Agape.

You see, most of the times people express love, they probably are talking about phileo/storge (brotherly love), or mania (obsessive love), or pragma (realistic love), or eros (passionate love), or ludus (sport love).

We hardly mean agape (unconditional love).
Its the giving kind of love. The one that  doesn't require a "receipt"  or show of gratitude.
So yes, I want to love! I want  to agape! Even if it means getting rejected (although I do not wish for that).
It's so worth it!

Soon, we will explore the dimensions of the agape kind of love, because in the simplicity of this kind of love, therein lies its complexities.

See you tomorrow!

Or will I?