Simple but still not easy

It's not easy because it hurts to "fail" at love: to love someone who does not love back. I just realized that to understand anything, you must start with zero and end with infinity. The truth becomes self evident when all the middle muddle is removed. Most people get stuck in the confusing middle because there are some many levels of understanding mixed with hangups and half truths.

On the topic of God the "man upstairs" misses the point. If God is the ultimate being, the beginning and end of life, that caused the Universe to exist... well even if you don't believe in God, you'd agree that he would be anything but a "man upstairs". Religion makes Him so complicated. In reality, he is there or not there. If you think he is, the evidence is that he is active and communicates. If you do not believe, the Universe is anything but silent and still.

The topic of love is similar. "God is love" is in the Bible and commonly believed by the largest religions. Yet few define love simply. We laden the concept with preconditions, obligations and debt.

Like the concept of God, love either exists or does not. It's easy: just love someone and see if they love you back. I cannot elaborate because it's just something you know or do not, have it or not, want it or not. Truth about God and love is not complicated but fear of being hurt (and wrong) makes it oh so difficult.