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lately i have been thinking a lot about love and relationships, and all the different complications they cause between lovers, friends, and sometimes even strangers. i think that as teenagers, we fool around a lot with love. we hold the most superficial aspects of it to the highest esteem and have very limited knowledge of what a true, deep, and meaningful relationship truly entails. after many nights spent pondering this, i have reached a conclusion. in everyone's life, during their first few relationships, there is one significant other whom you will truly love and most undoubtedly also lose forever. this is the defining relationship of your life, which forms the basis of your knowledge of love. why do i say you will most certainly lose this person? because as teenagers, with our only basic knowledge of love, we often do not recognize true love when we find it, but rather continue to search for something deeper and more meaningful. therefore, the epiphany of what you sincerely had comes only after a series of mistakes, minor or monumental, and the end of that defining relationship. after this true love leaves you, you may find more lesser loves, but none will compare to what you had before. this is the way in which we learn about love and its fragility, and to treat our loved ones as precious treasure never to be discarded. i do not know if i am making sense anymore, since it is a bit after midnight and my brain is exhausted, but the point of this dissertation is that you must love and lose to know what love truly is. everyone holds that one person deep in their heart, the one who taught you how powerful love is and how easy it is to lose. what is most difficult is letting go of that person but still never forgetting the lessons they taught you as you carry those teachings into a brighter, more promising future of untold opportunity. the ones you have loved leave lasting impressions on your heart, which you carry with you throughout your life, never forgetting the astounding impact they had upon your life.