The Meaning of Love
One can love a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins and friends, strangers, pets, the sunlight on a warm evening, reflecting through a prism, held by fishing line stuck to a little suction cup to a dusty window. You can love food from cake to roast beef, even those tiny individual candy bars that are never enough but just give you a taste of chocolate before you pop in the second one. One is able to love the feeling of carpet between toes or the tension in a hammocks string when you lay in that 'u' position swinging delightfully with each motion of your body. We can declare love for sounds coming from a stereo, love for that particular sound wave in coordination with other
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When there are so many experiences yet to happen, an infinite amount, or if not infinite, at the very least high enough that no one should ever have to worry about nothing new happening in his or her life. We can declare instant love upon sight of another person, upon hearing a brand new song, upon seeing a new collection of pixels upon a computer screen.
And so many are interested in making love, loving that lustful feeling, that connection with another person's soul, the grunting, sweaty, eye-squinting experience, or maybe just the arms of the other wrapped around the body to feel that person's heart beating next to that vein in the neck that beats and caused "suddenly his/her heart leapt into their throat," or some such saying.
Love is also the feeling someone has for a job perhaps, for a lobby of the hotel you serve in that always smells just so and has plants hanging from the wall giving the illusion you had just stepped out of a dreary gray, salt-encrusted winter into a touch of the exotic. Or for a hobby, for the grip of a ball, the tension in a muscle, the throw, watching it spin just so to the exact right spot. For rolling a die and dreaming up daring adventures against ancient dragons, or of that risk of gaining or losing it all. For the whoosh of air in free fall from 10,000 feet, or the watery embrace of sea exploring. For healing a sick child, for holding a kite string as it plays upon a wind we've no control over. For
Through life, people experience many kinds of love. Many people often believe they love someone, when they actually do not because they may not know what the word means. As much as we want to understand love, it is still simply indescribable. As C.S. Lewis tries to explain it in his book, The Four Loves, it is still a mystery as to what love truly means. I believe in order to know what love means, one must experience it. It is quite true that went two individuals are in love with each other, they know it and can feel it. No matter how much love is studied and looked at, every individual must experience it to understand it. Along with this love lies circumstances which lead
Have you ever felt the feeling of butterflies in your stomach or heard the phrase “my heart skipped a beat for you”? As children, we grew up learning from our elders and experiencing new beginnings in life. Much of our knowledge has been brought upon by what we see and hear, rather of what we know. Many important decisions we make in our life has to do with what our feelings show us. Love is an important matter in our life because it motivates us in different ways. Love can be shown through emotions or even through actions. What is a valuable definition of love? A brief definition of love can be said to be a variety of different feelings or attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure. In other words, to me love is when
Love is a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person (Dictionary 1). Love is what is known as the “universal language”. There are so many ways love can be interpreted. The central message that the comfort humans receive, and the shyness they feel for an individual are compartments of love that may not always be touched on in poetry.
As ordinary individuals are navigating through life, they learn. They learn to walk, they learn to write, they learn to obtain manners, they learn to interact and they even learn to apply their talents to what they enjoy doing. No matter what, they are constantly learning something new every minute of every day - either consciously or subconsciously. So as they learn, they learn to think and feel towards their self and their peers they come across. And at one point in their lives, they come to meet that certain individual that changes their life in the brightest way yet - the one that makes them feel that intense emotion like no other. This one common emotion they think they learn, but misunderstand is love. What is love? Love is an enticing mystery to those inexperienced yet, but is a big tousle of indescribable emotions that are misunderstood but is bigger than the love and care for their own self.
Yet there’s more to it than that. Love or loving is a very fluid notion. One can love a partner differently than they love their friends, or family; you can even have a love of inanimate objects, or even works of art.
Love is a feeling that cannot be defined in words. It’s an expression; an unsolicited expression. It is a feeling that comes in our heart in an unanticipated manner. It is indeed an expression which never follows the laws of nature. The passions seems to be inflated when someone happens to fall in love. Love is unpredictable, it cannot be justified, but can just be intensified.
Love. A word used in so many different ways that it has no true definition. Loves nature can be described as a white light of emotion . The essay “ Love’s Vocabulary” by Diane Ackerman states “ As with all intoxicants, love comes in many guises and strengths.” Even though love has its hard at times it can also give someone a new found strength. The essay discusses all aspects of love . The most important aspect of love is compassion because can be difficult, create change, and needs to be understood.
Love is said to be the greatest human experience in which mankind are privilege to partake in. To love can be a wondrous experience filling life with bliss and other strong emotions. Some people believe to love is to be alive and be able to see the good in the world and others. The purpose of this paper is to examine and find a better understanding of what is love, to explore what people believe love to be, and what lies surround the perception of love and to explore and expose what the meaning true love is or at the very least the authors understanding of the perception of love. In addition to exploring the concept, deception and the truth of love,
It is also a term that I think is used in an improper context more than it is used in the correct context.
You see it everywhere: in movies, television, books, gossip magazines, even in the people you know; the belief that two people can instantly fall in love just by looking at each other has invaded our minds and taken over our society. In 2014, a study sponsored by match.com discovered that 59% of men and 49% of women believed in love at first sight; additionally 41% of men and 29% of women stated that they have experienced the love at first sight phenomena (Bernstein). This infatuation that individuals believe they feel has been invalidated by many researchers who claim that this overall desire is in fact a lust for that person rather than actual love for them, because you can’t know an individual’s character within a matter of seconds. As a
The electrifying feeling of love is something no one can explain. If we were to ask someone to describe what being in love feels like, they will describe something that sounds like sexual passion and desire tinged with obsession. Commonly, the feeling of lust that is often mistaken as love at first sight. The feeling of obsession when we cannot stop thinking about the person and wanting to be around them all of the time, or the sacrifice and commitment of love that most people dread, although, some overcome. Ultimately, the passion which is a major part to the way we love.
What is love? The type of love I’m describing is the one that gives you butterflies when a certain person comes to mind. Just seeing that particular person can be enough to make one smile and make your day and all the worries go away. Right now that person comes to mind. It’s neither a crush nor infatuation and many are willing to do anything for this thing that is called love. Love can hurt in the long run, and people can also be blinded by it.
Love. Loves is a four letter word with a lot of significance. Love is giving without expecting anything in return. Love is looking beyond all of all the flaws. Love is giving up your last piece of chocolate cake. Love is sacrificing everything for nothing. Love is unexplainable. It is something that is felt but not seen. Just like the wind, you can feel it but can’t see it. It’s the most basic and fundamental need of each living individual. Everyone wants to love and everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to be a part of love. Yet, it doesn’t simply begin from one day to another. Love is a necessity that starts with one-self, within each person. Self-love is very important not just for that individual but for everyone around. Love has
Love is a strong feeling of affection for another arising from kinship or personal ties. (2) Unselfish loyal and benevolent behavior or concern for the good of another. (3) A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance (Webster's Dictionary). There are many different definitions of love. To each person it is different, but most agree it is one of the most important emotions to the each creature on this earth. There are also many different forms of love. For instance, love for your family versus love for a mate. It is still a mystery to most people why people do crazy things for love, or why people feel love “conquers all”