Unanswered questions

It's been a long long time since I last wrote . And a lot has changed in my life since then. Before starting to write this I went through all the previous pieces that I had written in here. And I realised that I have covered a lot of aspects about life, however there's one thing that I missed out is Love. I am not referring to just a romantic love but all sort of love. If life is a riddle then love is the biggest clue to solve it. But love is not an easily available clue. It takes a lot from you. Claiming that you love someone is far easier than actually proving that you love them. Ya, I know all those fundas that love doesn't need a proof n all that. But it never works this way. In today's world you gotto show what you feel. People who couldn't show many a times end up losing the people they love. That's sad but that's what is the trend. When your loved one is ill then getting them bouquets is greater  then waking up n checking at night if they have fever. On there birthdays getting a cake is greater than making sure they have the happiest day. When they are upset then buying them present is greater than sitting with them as long as they need. The whole point that I have here is feelings have been overtaken by things. Emotions have been materialised. No one has the time to spare for there loved ones and they keep running around to gather the pieces of the puzzle of life on the cost of losing the most important piece of that puzzle. But how does a person hold on to love coz as I said it takes a lot from you. The biggest baggage that comes with loving someone is expectation. Believe me, all the quotes like "love hurts", "love is pain", "love kills" etc etc should have expectation instead of love , "expectation hurts", "expectation is pain', "expectation kills" etc etc. Fits so well and sounds so true. People can stop themselves from expecting anything from anyone but that leads to not loving the person. Basically it's a cycle, if you love someone, you start having  expectations from them. But when you deeply love someone u learn to compromise and smile even if u are upset about ur loved one'a not doing what u expected from them. But how long can u fake a smile? How long can u kill ur expectations? How long could you go on all by yourself? How long could you pretend to be strong? I can't give you any pointers on these questions as I too am trying to figure them out. All I could sum it upto is that a perfect life is just a dream and it's our call to be in it or wake up...