"I Love You": I am always amazed at how simple words can have such an affect. 3 Audible syllables. If you listen around you, you will hear it daily, if you look you will see it. Mugs in the office, t-shirts on babies, bumper stickers, billboards, tattoos. The power lies not so much in the words themselves but in the unspoken emotions holding them up. "I love you" in and of itself is terrifying to say to another. It opens you, it makes you vulnerable, it qualifies the mysterious unsaid and makes it real. "I love you" can bring consolation, quiet anger, instill peace. It soothes, it makes you tingly, goosebumpy, and brings a smile even from hundreds of miles away. 3 little words that hold such power when they are sincere and honest and raw. When said without sincerity they sadly maintain equal force, while they are the same 3 words, the outcome is frighteningly different. "I love you" without the heart involved is cold, shattering, empty, and alone. But one mustn't bother with that. Love is too great a thing to be thrown around by insincerity and flippant speech. 3 audible syllables, 3 simple words, what a stunningly beautiful part of everyday life. gbm