By-Udita Bhardwaj
It is difficult to not feel exhausted in college as you attempt to balance between the expectations of your thousands and thousands of commitment. Al of these exhaustion inducing activities ultimately leave me feeling like I will have to stay behind on tasks to better recover mentally, if not physically. What I require here is not support but strength to continue to push through, some sort of drive to help me actually complete my tasks and not feel guilty for lacking the energy. The love that I have for caffeine, stems from this undeniably industrious contribution that significantly improves my productivity, always. In my opinion, love understood as this visceral experience that defines a lot of your personhood. However, it can also be something small and limited. The love that I have for caffeine is not the type of love I would have for family or friends, it’s almost different from that. This love is more about dependence; it is not for the sake of definitional adherence that I am going try to connect the love I can give to an inanimate and a regular substance, that seems inconsequential on its own. Due to this absurd proposition of caffeine being an object of love, I may be sounding ridiculous; but to reiterate, love can be as shallow as it can be
deep. If I get to achieve a desired outcome by loving something non-living, can the thought of not having my love reciprocated continue or bother me? Not really. However, this does make you think about how much of love is also the fancy expectation of having your admiration be reciprocated and actually lead to something (usually) positive. Al of this relatively inconsequential written character may seem to be just another piece written by a blogger but if you have made it so far, please ask yourself: what is love for you? Do you think we can only love people? Our own questions about what kinds of love we may have found or are ni the process of finding can, as I believe, truly reflect the essence of our existence. As long as it’s love, ti defines you. Your love may be as absurd as you let ti get but the idea of you having the ability to love the absurdity of your own emotions is a powerful virtue on its own.
