Went to the children's home on Thursday night with some of my church mates. It wasn't for very long. Around one and a half hour. Playing games, watching a video and talking to some of the kids. Don't really want to share everything here, or I'll start boring everyone. I do not really know much about their backgrounds and why they are there. On the surface, they all seemed like any other child in the streets. Yet we know they came from broken families. Some are rather affectionate, especially the younger ones. Craving for attention and that human touch. And above all, for love and security. Then again, aren't we all looking for that in our lives and our relationships with others as well?

I guess many times we forgot that love can exist in many forms. And the greatest of them is agape. I remembered what one of the professors in Bizad had said to our class. She said that her husband, who is also a professor, had told her that whenever he taught a class, he would try not to 'judge' them by their physical characteristics, but to see them as who they are individually. There are times when I had felt unloved and worthy. Voices in my head telling me that there is nothing good about me. Yet, deep inside, I refused to believe it. You don't love because of what that person had done or has not done, or what he/she can do for you in future. God loves us while we were yet sinners. Because we are all special in His eyes. Would God ceased to be God if we do not love Him? Similarly, would we cease to be who we are if someone we love does not love us back?

Love is about giving, not taking. Not forced or earned, only felt. And love, in its truest form, isn't about possessing. After all, no one really has the right to make demands on love.