Love Lockdown

A few days ago, my honey told me about a song by Kanye West called "Love Lockdown." The title alone was enough to make me youtube (youtube.com) the song. After listening, the question came to me...do we sub-consciously think of love as prison sentence?

More than likely this is true. Both men and women think it difficult to see love and relationships as a vacation of the heart and soul, instead it is viewed as a term in Sin-Sing! What is that about? What makes us feel love is a prison?

We should be well aware that love is not a choice but, maintaining a relationship most definitely is. It's clear that we have no choice as to who it is we love, when our heart says now then that's it; we can either hit the pavement full speed or lay back, relax and let the cosmos do their thing.

It's understood that love is a powerful emotion, it can end up taking over every aspect of our lives. Loving a person the way we WANT to is just as important as loving them the way they feel they want to be loved. "I'm not loving you, way I wanted to...see I had to go, see I had to move."

He makes good points but, if we lock our love up then what? What is the next emotion? How can you ever have a relationship if you're afraid? No doubt about it, love is a primal feeling, but how can we keep on being who we are and continue to grow with the person that we love? We can't.

The primal calls of love make it so that we grow together, we change together and end up pulling away from the people we were at the start of the relationship, but melting into one person, a team. We don't do this on purpose, it just happens. Love calls, we answer, it's as simple as that.

Relationships are voluntary, love is not. You can't help who you love...you can help how you love. Set your love free, don't lock it down!