what is love ?

I just thought that this might be a fun topic to explore .

What is love ?

I know the people in my life I love I'll always love no matter what . I talk to people and they say oh I used to love my ex and now I don't and they say I'm naive .

I don't believe that . It's my view that when you love someone , truly love them , because you see the beauty of their soul , then you always will no matter what .

What worth is love if it's conditional ?

People post about what bread they like but no one wants to talk about love ?!

That's funny !

Well for example do you believe that a love can be eternal or is love a short lived thing because people and circumstance change ?

Does love at first sight exist ? I heard of a guy that fell in love upon seeing a lady and is now married to her .

Wow that's really well , cold .

Have you ever heard of a parent that's loved their child regardless of that child committing a heinous crime ?

You know if all love is, is a gratitude for pleasure , and acceptance of beauty , then it's not worth much .

I don't know if you are right but I sure hope not .

I know a lady who's husband has left her and she loves him still .

That doesn't fit so well with your theory .

Okay well I did read your words . Look I'm not saying you are wrong really . My experience tells me you are but perhaps my experience is false . People say I live in a Disney world .

Let me ask you though . Think of the person that you love the most in your life . Could you ever imagine that there would come a time that you didn't love them ?

You are right some parents don't love their children .

Sometimes I wonder if love is like taste . So if you are my cabbage of people no matter how kind and sweet you are you won't be for me .

My friend I'm just interested in the views of others and I thank you for yours .

Don't you think though that with the view you hold that you'll have to try to be lovable ?

I don't want that . I just want to be me and for the person that loves me to see the beauty in me .

I don't want their love to be on condition to me jumping through certain hoops .

Saying that how can you love someone if you don't know them ? You have to continue to spend time with your loved one to know who they are .

These couples that marry then never see one another are asking for trouble .

Wow I agree with jengais completely. And Hobbes' belief that humans are naturally selfish.

Ah . Wow that's hard to hear .

What about when a person sacrifices their lives for another ?

Even that is just for them ?

Wow that's a big of a tug on the heart string . I think you can take that post two ways though .

Firstly you can say the maternal / paternal subconscious needs are strong .

Secondly you could say it's hard to live without a child because of the depth of your love for them .

I read about a bunch of scientists that starved to death while food was around them as they needed the crop to grow for a village .

I get this while point though . Is there more to people than just a bunch of reactions . Are we capable of true altruism ?

It's almost a case of does the soul exist .

Maybe to find out what love is we need to know what we are .

I'm not sure really .

Shrek.

 

Obviously.

Pardon ?!

That's interesting . I know what you mean when you say that to do a kind act brings pleasure to us .

I get your idea that altruism is about having this pleasure and this pleasure alone .

Because the pleasure is there does that necessarily mean that the act was done for that pleasure ?

Can't we do something just because we know it's the right thing to do ? Because we care ?

Unconditional love . Not getting anything back . Interesting .

I guess so . Perhaps even more than that . Perhaps even to love when it costs you to do so .

All I know is that in my wife I know I have a person so beautiful that if she was to leave me tomorrow I'd continue to love her the rest of my life . I know that .

You know all this listening to sad songs when you lose love , isn't that all about consoling you though it's hurting you to do so .

Love doesn't just stop when it's no longer convenient does it ?

I think of the Whitney lyric .

If somebody loves you , won't they always love you , I look in your eyes and I know that you still care for me .

  Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

You guy's obviously didn't notice that this came from 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 or else you wouln't have gotten this far. Excuse me while I go put away the Bible that I like hitting people over the head with... Teehee

Threadly reminder that Yui is love. 

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You can't switch loving someone on and of at will . It doesn't work like that . I was thinking about it today .

Let me give you an example . My wife told me that she was aware a child had missed out on an activity where she works because a member of staff couldn't find the time to do it with them .

I know my wife and I know it affected her . That's beautiful no ?

Jen if tomorrow she meets someone she loves in a way she can't love me that beauty wouldn't suddenly die . So why should I stop loving her if she leaves me ?

We can attribute all sorts of reasons why we do what we do , why we feel as we do .

I know that my wife is an absolutely beautiful person and whether she stays with me or leaves me , whatever she does , I'll always always love her . I know that .

I love you tri . Chin up !