The human never imagined his day would end up as it did, discussing the concept of love with an alien of all things.

“Love is when you feel deep affection for someone or something,” the human explained. “It’s something that makes you happy, it makes your heart warm and fuzzy.”

The human appeared perplexed, love was entirely more complex where he was from.

“Is that it?” Now it was the aliens turn to be confused, “What do you mean?”

“Where I’m from, love is so much more than that. Love does make you happy, but it also has the power to make you very sad. Love is a puppeteer that plays the strings of your heart for the good and the bad. A lot of the time you have no control over it either, except to follow the movement of the strings. Love is happy, sad, complicated, confusing, incredible, breathtaking and so much more.”

The alien was astonished at all he was hearing, as a simple creature he’d never thought so much of it.

“But love is more than a feeling, it embodies your entire being, waves of electricity running through your veins. The electricity fueling your every move and thought. Love is everything, not just deep in your soul but in all the things around you. It’s in the homemade food someone cooks up just for you, it’s in the hugs you share with others, it’s in the free things you get just because you connected with a kind person, it’s in the money given away to people who need it, it’s in the family gatherings, the free spirits and the friends you have. Love is the little things, the ones that seem small but in reality carry the grand feeling one just cannot express enough.”

“I’m at a loss for words, I never knew you humans felt so deeply.”

“We do, it can be the greatest curse yet it can also be the most wonderful blessing.”