Love and cynicism

I think I understand the cynicism about love, now.

You can't make anyone else love for them.

And the disappointment about that fact can be too much for some people to bear they may feel, sometimes. Although, really, strong hearts can bear whatever they need to bear.

It is just a fact of life.

That doesn't mean that love is not the most appropriate lens through which to look at the world.

It just means that you can't make the world or anyone in it reciprocate.

And, yet, a world and a life without love would really just be too tragic to bear. For any of us.

Which is why love triumphs over cynicism. Every time.

And always will.