I Love You

Need it be said? Does it have to be pronounced? Why must we announce it? Need love be told to be known?

In a world crawling with romance and short-lived passion, it's hard to find true love. It becomes even more so when you have dozens of people announcing their love and devotion to you. Who among them is sincere? I love you. I can't live without you. Phrases that have become synonymous with romance and love. Effective pick-up lines if said at the right place and times. Is that all it has become? Pick-up lines?

Its depth could only be comprehended by the one who said it. Yet, do we need to hear those words to know that compassion exists? That love exists.

Perhaps we do need to hear it. Then comes the question of "are we listening out for it?".

The signs of love and affection are sometimes subtle and small. So minute that we pass them off as nothing more than smal favors. Yet, isn't that what love is? A favor.

Sometimes, it turns out to be a huge favor that ultimately goes unpaid and unnoticed. The one who truly loves you may not necessarily be the one who says it out loud. Friends, siblings, parents. Sometimes the last people you would expect these magic words to come from. At times, these people tell you their love in very different ways. Small simple acts of love you see everyday. Do you take notice of them?

I love you can be said through actions, not words. No amount of telling can match what one silent action could achieve. Judge not a person's love for you through what he says. Judge him through what he does.

And remember, at times, the one who truly cares, is not the one who speaks to you. Rather, it's the one who listens. These are the people usually forgotten. Remember them. Love them as they loved you. For they will not shout it out to you. They may be the ones loving you while you blindly search for it elsewhere.

Stop. Appreciate. Have you seen the love?