Love has changed

Today love can mean very different things. There is love between a husband and a wife. There is love between parents and children, between siblings, between extended family members, between girl-friends and boy-friends, and between friends. These are all different. The strength of bond between all of these varies too. Some people today seem to think that if a friend cares about, makes jokes with, etc. with a friend of the opposite sex, then they are flirting. I beg to differ. This is caring. Caring is a form of love, but not the initial type of love you think I am talking about. I think this is a fundamental problem with society. When someone cares about someone else it shouldn’t be considered weird or flirting. This is similar to the saying “love as a brother/sister in Christ.” These are both similar because you treat them as a brother/sister and care a lot about them, willing to do anything to make sure they are ok. This is the way everyone should act towards each other. This is the problem. Everyone should care for each other like a brother/sister. The world’s problems would be mostly solved. People used to care more about each other. Today’s society is so far apart even though the world is “shrinking.” We don’t talk and communicate like people used to. We don’t share our thoughts, ideas, problems, conflicts, like people used to. Not enough people in this world love and care about each other. That is the problem. That is how love has changed.