WHY WE LONG FOR FOREVER?

Have you ever asked yourself if there is really, the word we know as, FOREVER?
If you do, then welcome to the world of seemingly never ending confusion of its existence!

In our wonderful present time, it seems normal to hear this word from every lip of people, They got position whether Forever does exist or not. We often refer the word forever to relationships, like friendships, boyfriends/girlfriends and even family. These are areas where we invest our emotions to and have become attached into and so we wish to stay longer or even forever.

If we are going through our life, we acknowledge the fact that at certain point, we do not want to be alone. We want a companion to be with us. We got this nature of "longing" for someone who could be by our side. But have you ever asked yourself why it seems people are longing for  finding forever?

1. LONG for HOPE.

 - apparently, it is not love that makes you think of hoping for forever, but instead, the HOPE that tomorrow when you wake up, you still have the love that you are feeling right now. Hope is actually what drives us in our daily lives. We tried to extend time with the people we love because we hope that time will last forever. We tend to give flowers to the one we love because we hope them to stay longer in our lives. Other people would like to see the smile of their loved ones forever, because that gives them hope.

We LIVE through HOPE, other people commit suicide because they thought that there is no longer hope for tomorrow, they may be still loved by their family or loved ones but once Hope has gone... they tend to think of ending their lives. 

2. LONG to be PART of SOMETHING

- All of us, want to be part of something, and that one we want to keep. 

Do you remember your childhood when you would like to play, we tend to ask for others to join us or join them. We like companion with the same interest. Same goes... Right now, you might be thinking of joining a basketball/ volleyball team, or an art class, or an organization which you have an interest in. In addition, we also tend to love those people who accepts us part of their lives.

This longing for being part of something actually gives us direction and identity. We look forward for life when we know who we are. That's natural, it is our need and we tend to keep it as long as we can. 

3. LONG to be ACKNOWLEDGED

- Everyone wants to be acknowledged or to be affirmed. 

When we were grade schoolers, we wanted our projects to be appreciated by our teachers, in our house, we wanted our parents to acknowledge our initiative for chores, if we have crushes or loved ones, of course we would like them to acknowledge us in our efforts. In other words, we want to keep people who acknowledged us in our life. That feeling of gratitude when we know that we are being appreciated is the one we want to keep for forever.

4. LONG for HOME

-  This one is the most prevailing reason why we long for forever. Everyone needs a place to be called a "HOME". As a person, we would like to extend the time if we know we are in the place where we are loved and secured. Longing for home does not really mean your immediate family, it might be something that you feel happy about, It might be from your friends or your loved ones. If you got the sweetest home to be with, you tend to think of it to last forever. 

People actually long for "Forever" because of these four primary needs in life. I believe that everything lasts, but so long as you feel Hope, part of something, being acknowledged and at home, I believe you already got something, for you got to experience forever at this present moment.

“The Universe is very, very big.
it has some extremely strict rules.
Rule number one: Nothing lasts forever.
Not you or your family or your house or your planet or the sun. It is an absolute rule. Therefore when someone says that their love will never die, it means that their love is not real, for everything that is real dies. 
Rule number two: Everything lasts forever.” 

― Craig Ferguson, Between the Bridge and the River

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