A DREADFUL BOND

There often comes a time in one's life where they have to choose what the world wants over what they want in the sense they have to choose a path which gives more happiness and peace to the world that to the individual himself. I often wondered why any individual irrespective of age or sex have to choose a path in which they know for sure is not the path they would choose for themselves, why is it that they choose another's happiness over theirs? Do we as individuals owe anything to this world by being born into it? The minute we are born, from that very second, our moral obligation to love our family begins. As we grow and mature, we make bonds of frienship, love, hatred and most importantly, we create a bond with ourselves which grows to be the fuel in our lives and nurtures us eveyday. Of all these bonds, a bond of love is always sudden in its onset, like how a mother knows for sure she will love nothing more than her child the minute she hears it's first cry, a father realizes that his child is his life the minute it holds his finger for the first time, the way a lover recognizes his or her soul mate the minute their eyes meet for the first time. But with this bond of love, there always comes a bond of sacrifice which is always superior in emotion than the love itself but is usually not recognized as it usually goes unnoticed to the world and its depth and emotion is felt by the person sacrificing and its him and him alone who can truly understand it's value. Now coming to the biggest question that I have wondered for quite some time now, why does one sacrifice? I never quite understood how an individual can set aside their happiness or better yet to set aside their dreams, goals, for another individual who for all they know might not even realize the things they have done. is it actually possible to love someone in such an unconditional way that you can sacrifice so much of yourself for them and not have any regrets and expectations? I have seen a great deal of sacrifice in many forms but I as an individual could never place anyone before me. I have witnessed my dad sacrifice great things for me and my elder brother for which I am with no  words in describing how much I  respect, love and adore him and how I am forever in his debt. But coming to the million dollar question, would I sacrifice my happiness for him in the future knowing what he has done for me and my brother? I DON'T KNOW.  I do know that he will play a big role in my life in the future just like how he has done up until now and I do know I will always keep him by my side, but is it because of love or is it because I know i am forever in his debt? I am often confused with the term love as it carries this other emotion called sacrifice with it. Do I love him because of all the beautiful things he is or do I love him because of the sacrifices he's made for me? In this short span of life I've lived so far I've seen families, friends, lovers sacrificing their happiness and when asked why, the answer was just one small four lettered word, love. All these instances and people have made me ask my myself, is it worth it? May it be loving your family, friends or a special someone, is it actually worth it knowing that as you walk down this path, you will cross path with sacrifice. I still have many unanswered questions and my mind wanders a great deal when I think about this but I do feel that love truely is an inevitable dreadful bond.