Ew Gross Love.

"Bad love letters beg for love back. Good love letters ask for nothing.

This, I'm pleased to announce, is my first good love letter to you."

Stumbled across this little ditty while watching a silly little movie called Waiting for Forever. It's not that great of a movie, but, ya know, it's cute. AND it was filmed in Utah! How cool are we, right??

Anyway, hearing this really tugged at me. Because love has a conniving way of convincing us that we deserve something in return for the love we give. I know I fall into this trap every single day. I hate remembering how selfish I've been to the people I love. And my mouth is all clogged up with the mounds of sorries I should've said (or, more appropriately, should've shown).

It breaks my heart to see the people who give everything to their loved ones, when they know for a fact they won't be receiving any love in return. It's like the mother in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Or the father in The Pursuit of Happyness. Like Samwise Gamgee and Peeta Mellark. My mom. My dad. Like Christ.

It breaks my heart, and yet, it's all that I want to be. I yearn to be that selfless, that compassionate, that giving, that loving. I hope I can be someday. So I'll just keep on trying.