This feeling called love

So many have tried and failed miserably to explain what love is and why it is so different for everyone... All forms of media have showcased so many different forms of this, supposedly very natural feeling. I can't seem to think any of that has been perfect. Can it be perfect? Is it meant to be perfect?
That brings me to what is perfect. Anything you are comfortable with I suppose can be called perfect I suppose. But we humans are always growing... As our horizons grow our thoughts and beliefs change... We are so influenced by everything that we can't have the same thought throughout our lives. It is simply impossible. So if you think something is perfect now, you may not think so, in time. Because no one's comforts remain the same.
So why then is there a hunt for that perfect love? Oh! And don't tell you are a realist and you don't look for perfect love or love at all. We all do, at some point in our life. Love is not just romantic. So you, wanting a perfect friend or a perfect set of parents, also count in the search. Now that is cleared out, let us get back to the point. Why the hunt for perfect love when perfect itself isn't perfect? When we stop looking for perfection we look at the bigger picture. (I hope we do at least.) All of us have been hurt severely in this pursuit and have so many times decided,  "No! never again." But perfection screws up here too. Our decision would be standing, if not for our imperfect heart. We fall down that hill again and it hurts just the same. It's funny how we try to take control and how something always goes wrong.
But, I would say, that is how we know we are human and live in the real world and that's how we evolve. What is life if not for a few falls and lessons learnt, right?

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