About Love – Halid Emre Arkun

ABOUT LOVE

Love… It’s a topic that deserves a lot of thought. Five letters come together and create a huge world. You heal with love. You grow with love. The path you walk, the life you live, your character change with love. Leo Buscaglia talks about a language of love. If you ask whether such a language exists, I believe it does. While there may be different perceptions and approaches for many people, this is the language of the universe. But how love manifests in different forms depends on each person’s acceptance and experiences.

I think it’s like this: if you plant a seed in the Mediterranean, it will grow differently than in the Black Sea, the Aegean, or Anatolia. 
The reason is the soil, the water, the air, and many other factors in the environment. Love is the same way. Where it is, who it’s shared with, and how it shapes itself is important. The songs it’s sung to, the verses it hides in, what it teaches us, and how it reflects in our behavior. Sometimes it’s self-sacrifice, giving up, surrendering, and sometimes it’s resistance. A cute kitten, a colorful butterfly, a fierce tiger, a hardworking ant, or a bee who offers us a jar of honey. A smile on the edge of our lips, a drop of tear flowing from happiness. 
Sometimes it’s a great love that starts with a mother pressing her baby to her chest, or a tiny paw touching you while having coffee at the café.

Now I think, the plate of food my mother puts in front of me when I come home is love. In short, love is the embrace of all the elements that value us or that we value, coming together like a vibrant spectrum to make us feel good and make others feel good.

Let’s think of those who go through many stages to search for and find this feeling – the Mevlanas, Yunus Emres, Leyla and Mecnuns, Kerem and Aslis – and let’s love, so we can have a better world.

Halid Emre Arkun