On weekends, I like spend the afternoon at Starbucks. Today someone asked me what I like about the place and I couldn't give a straight answer. It's definitely not the coffee, and it's not like it's a quiet place. But I just like spending hours there.

Today wasn't the first time someone asked me why I like something and I couldn't come up with a proper answer. It's not just things, even people too. There is a time you meet someone and you just like them. Or sometimes you just don't like. You can't really say why, but you do.

I know I'm not the only one. At times I would like to think it is our deeper primal instincts at play. But perhaps there is a simpler explanation that I just don't know yet. Many times we have reasons why we like things or people, but there are some for which we can't give a reason. It begs the question, do we need a reason to like something or someone?

Or lets go to the bigger question, do we need a reason to love? I have seen/heard in movies when people ask, "why do you love me?", they are given answers like "because you are smart, beautiful, kind, funny..." They say the sweetest things someone could ever say to you.

Perhaps we do need a reason to love. That would explain why some people say there is a thin line between love and hate. One minute I love you, the next I hate you. Maybe I loved you because I thought we belonged together but I found out you are seeing someone else. Or maybe I loved you for something as simple as, you're my brother. But then, you stubbed me in the back.

There was this girl who when she was asked she answered, "do I need to have a reason for loving you?" If we have a reason to love someone, and things change, we cease to love them. But think about it, do we really cease to love them?

You know why betrayal from someone you love hurts a lot... its because you love them. If it were any other person, you would take it better. I don't think it is hate one feels but rather a mixture of anger and betrayal fueled by the love we felt. We pain worse because we still love.

We don't cease to love. We still love them despite our anger. Love is bigger than our reasons. It is so profound, more than we can put in words.

If we are truly to love, we don't need a reason, we just need the person to love. If there always has to be a reason for one to love, unconditional love would only be a myth. But it is real.

If you think you have reasons for loving, perhaps it's not love after all. You wouldn't be the first to mistake something else for love. Like the person who said love is wicked, they had something entirely different on their mind.

Oh, are you still waiting for me to tell you why I love you? I love you because. . .maybe there isn't. I just do.

"Beloved, let us love one another...God is Love." 1 John 4:7-8