I'd Like That.

This, right here, is brilliance in its finest hour. John Mayer always has and always will know what's up. I mean, everything about this is so accurate that it is borderline frightening. Frightening in a good way though.

Never underestimating the power of "I'd like that." We act as if that's some sort of novel concept, some cutting edge idea that has taken all of us and our outlook on relationships - of all kinds - by storm. We act as though these feelings and experiences that "Uncle John" articulates so beautifully here are ours alone, as though no one else knows of their validity, as though we want to reprimand him for reading into the deepest facets of our mind and then sharing the contents with thousands of people at one of his shows. But the truth of the matter is, it's a real thing and it's a feeling felt by many, and the sad thing is that it gets to the point where words, even the grandest and most heartfelt of them, no longer suffice, where they become tired and overused and mundane and run-of-the-mill, and all the adventure and newness wears off. 

But it doesn't have to. You see, we are so eager to throw around words like "I love you" these days. It's almost to the point where it's nothing but another conversation filler or a sweet complement to goodbye.   Now, I must say that I love the concept of loving people; I really do. To an extent, I suppose, to an extent where it's real each and every time love's presence is noticed and then uttered. But we no longer have the ability to find joy and fulfillment in rarity, in the wonder that comes from not hearing something every day of the year, but from the thrill of the unknown, from being caught off guard with a genuine, deeply-felt "I love you." And when this is achieved, when just as much love can be rendered from actions as from words, then relationships - family, friends, lovers, spouses, whatever - can thrive and last and never get to the point where the simple "I'd like that" is not enough to make us smile or send our hearts leaping or induce unbearable excitement. Because saying newer, deeper words should never mean that the older, simpler words have been checked off the list, never to be said again.  

Oh, that would be so nice. To see love run its course without ever nearing the finish line. Yes; I'd like that.