Thoughts on Love

T.J. discusses the concept of love and its various forms, emphasizing the idea of sacrificial love. They mention that love can be directed towards different objects or people, such as a hobby, a job, a pet, or even children. They believe that true love is giving without expecting anything in return. The speaker also reflects on their personal experiences with love, including their love for basketball and the loss of a loved one. They conclude by stating that love has shaped their perspective on life and their inclination to see the best in people. Hey, hey, hey guys, welcome back, it's your boy TJ again and this week we're going to be talking a little bit about love. You know, love has so many different and significant thoughts and ideas that pop up in people's minds, you know, hearts and souls and just like the general idea of love varies so much, you know, and I think at the heart of what love is, is kind of like a sacrificial thing that you give to somebody, you know, or a state of sacrifice I should say. And so what I just want to share my thoughts about it and, you know, if you have like your thoughts or anything like that, you can always, you know, get in contact or something like that or share your thoughts as well, but I think that's the big thing about this podcast is I really want to just get, you know, people to thinking, you know, outside of the everyday hustle and bustle, your everyday struggles, you know, your everyday routines, you know, just to kind of jolt your brain and kind of think outside, you know, the proverbial box. So let's kind of get started. So I think love, I always feel like in any sort of loving situation you have to look at, you know, the object or the person that you are loving and look at your motivation behind the feeling that you get when you say you love it or love her or love him, you know, or, you know, love your, even your pet, you know, or your job or whatever. So I always think like if you want to give something your all and can take the fact that you might not get anything back from it, like you still want to push forward with these things. I think that's where love can really begin to show itself true in your life. You know, I love basketball. I've been playing basketball my, almost my entire life, you know, for about almost like 31 years I've been playing and I have never really achieved like a bunch of crazy goals, you know, in the sport, but I do it regardless and every time I step on the court or every time I watch other people play or I look at a ball or look at a pair of basketball shoes, like I want to just partake in it. I want to be a part of it and I don't expect anything back from it other than the feeling that I get when I see it or when I'm around it and I feel like it goes that way for people. A lot of people experience that kind of love in their partners and I think a lot of people, especially for the mothers out there, they experience it, you know, through their children, you know, like you can give your children so many things and as ungrateful as they can be sometimes or as they can seem to be sometimes, you know, or as oblivious as they seem to be to those efforts, like you love them so much and still push and sacrifice and dedicate your life and your time and your resources to your little people, you know? And so I think it becomes hard to kind of step outside of that and other kinds of relationships because some people overly seem to trample, like, your feeling of love, you know? And it's a strange dynamic, you know, when one person seems to love someone more than the other, you know? And we're not going to get into, like, love languages and, you know, that kind of thing today but I think, like, the overall theme of it is, like, loving anything is loving something and not expecting anything in return, you know? You do what you do because you know within your being that you are meant to do it and that the reward comes from the journey that you take in partaking in this odyssey of love, you know? So those are, like, my short thoughts. I'm going to try to make these a little bit longer but, like, I like to do these, like, little short spurts of, like, thought, you know, and get ideas out there and I think as I progress, like, I'll maybe expound more on what I mean and how I feel about things but, like, this came up to me, you know, because I was going to talk about another topic which was, like, letting go of something that you love or letting go of people that you love, you know? And it's not always a relationship thing. You know, I lost my sister back in 2004 and, you know, it took me a long time to learn how to let go of the fact that she wasn't going to be here. You know, obviously I've had various relationships, you know, that have come and gone and, you know, have dealt with various, you know, goals and things that I love that just haven't come to pass yet and that's where this conversation kind of came about. It's, like, if you love something, it just never kind of goes away. It's always present, you know, within your soul, I guess, or within your mind, body, and soul, you know? Your mind, will, emotions, your heart, all those things, like, it kind of consumes you and it always comes back to you in some form or another. So, just some thoughts on that, just to say, you know, take it and just kind of think about it but, yeah, the idea of love has shaped a lot of what I do and a lot of how I think about life and, you know, why I am, I don't know, considered to be maybe kind. I don't always feel like I'm the kindest person but, like, but I always try to see the best in people and always give people the benefit of the doubt because, you know, I think that everyone deserves a chance at love and to experience a loving outlook on something. And that's that, you know, those are my thoughts and thank you for listening and we'll catch you guys next time.