The General Theory Of Love Essay

Especially within a society such as ours, which distorts love into lust, the ability to recognize and display the gift of love is essential. Selfish love, which is so inherent to humanity, inhibits God from acting in our lives, blinding us from experiencing His presence and eternal joy. It is so easy to look for pleasure and love in self satisfaction. However, the path to lasting happiness is not found through instant gratifications, but in the grueling practice of living a life full of

Love is a powerful tool. It can be used for good, and it can be used for evil. As we see in Anthony Doerr’s novel, All the Light We Cannot See, in all times; doubt, pain, triumph, anger, or even happiness, we must always have love.

The human idea of love is quite possibly the most misunderstood in today’s society. Love can be between a man and woman, mother/father and their kids, or even really good friends. However, these relationships of love go through many interactions and stages to start and progress. Many psychological events must occur and be worked through in order to be successful. All relationships must endure the five perspectives of human behavior. These perspectives are biological, learning, social and cultural, cognitive, and psychodynamic influences.

No emotion has such universal meaning as love. It is an integral part of the human condition. Love is the basis for by which all other emotions can be gauged. Friendship and even grief are steeped in love. Love is so central to our lives that it is fitting and proper that it should be the topic of so much discussion. Every culture and every writer has some commentary or evaluation of love. The New Testament has its share of love commentary. The entire basis of the Christian tradition is God's love for humanity. "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." (John 3:6) Jesus preached a great deal about love of neighbor, love of God and even love of enemies. (Matt 5:44) Shakespeare's Biblical knowledge is well known and he

     “I love you.” These three little words might possibly be the most powerful statement one can make to another person. In life, most yearn for the intimate affection that a certain someone can provide them. Women dream of their Prince Charming to come and sweep them off their feet, while men search for the love of their life that sets their heart on fire. But what happens when love is thrown around without a second thought? Has this four letter word become an overused cliché? Has love been replaced with lust? Is there such a thing as true love? This last question has been asked throughout history, while many have argued and debated over the final answer. We, as a society, have become a loveless, sex crazed group

My greatest misinterpretation of Love leads me to all the wrong places doing all the wrong things which lead me away from God’s favor. It was very difficult for me to realize my wrong doings because I was doing this in the name of love. Unfortunately, many of my brothers have fallen in the same trap the deceiver (Satan) has set for us. And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, which are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Timothy

“LOVE”, a simple word with four letters, sounds very simple but has a vast and deep meaning. From the very ancient time till today there have always been a topic called “Love” in every work of literature. Even in the ancient Biblical times, we see “Love” carried a deeper meaning. Several chapters and verses from the Holy Book are the evidence that “Love” existed during that period too, be it God’s love to all His people, or a man’s love to his wife, or vice-versa. The book of Genesis not only talks about the history and origin of the world, but also talks about several things on “Love”. In 1 Corinthians 13, we read, “Love” is patient and kind, which is not boastful and has no arrogance at all. It is not rude and self-seeking. This extract

This representation of sex is inconceivable to think anyone would believe such words; yet today’s society is plague with unplanned pregnancies or those having regrets for pass sexual transgressions. So, what is love? Does it have to do anything with sex? When is the right time for sex? These questions and many insights about love date back centuries to the Creator of the world. Many people have sought the biblical meaning of love to clear up misconceptions that make little or no sense, as read in this poem. To consider lifestyles, family upbringings, traditions, or religious beliefs will differ from all walks of life and end with diverse outlook of

Trying to identify a universal truth in which dictates the whole world and all human morality is a difficult task, but this section will attempt to argue that love is just that. The problem with this is how do you compare a serial killer with Gandhi? This is a valid question, and the immense diversity of humans makes such a question almost impossible to answer. St. Thomas Aquinas said that, “the things that we love tell us what we are.” As humans we put our hopes, trust, and dreams into the things that we love. In other words love defines who we are as humans. Love stands as the universal truth, which binds together all humans and sets the clear line separating what is right and what is wrong. If all people, from age to age, were to hold love in this regard we would see

The achievement of an interpersonal mature union between two people can never be reached through pseudo-love relationships, yet that does not mean that in a capitalist society rational love cannot be experienced and lived by those modern citizens to don’t follow the herd. In the second part of the book titled, “The Theory of Love”, within The Art of Loving, Fromm explains that love is an activity, an activity of giving, rather than receiving. The act of giving is “the highest expression of potency” therefore giving is an expression of one’s aliveness (Fromm, 23). The productive character, unlike the modern citizen, when he offers rational love, in return, he receives love without having to ask or negotiate for it; because in rational love “giving means receiving” (Fromm, 25). In addition to the act of giving, love will always include five basic elements common to all forms of rational love, that includes, caring, responsibility, respect, and knowledge. To love rationally, one must be concerned and caring of the loved one’s life and development as an individual. The persistence of caring is necessary in order to love. As a result of one’s active involvement in the life of the other person, with whom he forms a mature union, a new aspect of love needs to be introduced: that of responsibility. Fromm specifies that responsibility acted in a mature love relationship is not a kind of duty that is imposed by external factors, rather it is a voluntary act of being ready and able to

Love is the last thing most would think of in today’s modern church. However Pastor Warren is quick to point out that “today the church is not facing a radically different world mindset but rather a challenge in communication, speak to the unbeliever in terms they can understand and relate to”.

I would like to award Nobel Prize to equity theory that explain fairness in relationship as it reflect on the real life issues that faced by everyone where unfairness always happen in relationship. There are two aspects of equity theory which is equity theory of love and equity theory in workplace. One of the reasons I want to reward Nobel Prize to equity theory is because the theory of love actually reflect on our real life issues, an example of real life issues is there are many couples who didn’t last long due to the unfairness in their relationship. Equity theory of love explain how to sustain our relationships by allow us to have more understanding in the reason of the unfairness in the relationship and ways to maintain the relationship. (Long-Crowell, n.d) Another reason that I want to rewards Nobel Prize to equity theory is because the

Innocent, pure, faultless, chaste, unblemished, righteous, pristine and immaculate, therefore how can we go wrong with love? Since time in memorial we all have written about love, for Fredrick Ham wrote, “Two souls with but a single thought,/ Two hearts that beat as one.” St. Augustine wrote, “Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.”, Karen Sunde wrote, “To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.”, and in the immortal words of John Lennon, “All you need is love, love, love is all you need.”. It seems that we celebrate and long for love because we know it is truly, the ultimate high. We long for it because sometimes we think it is impossible to attain and yet we continue to walk the face of the earth in search for our true love, whether one believes it or not.

As a human race, we must learn how to sacrificially love. We have forgotten what it means to love without bounds, and our world has become self-indulgent because of it.

Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher, once said that “we are loved just for being who we are, just for existing. We do not have to do anything to earn it. Our shortcomings, our lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from us, and it will always be here” (Ram Dass). Love, in a sense, is never ending, always abiding, and always providing. Love does not discriminate, and it seeks to find those who believe love does not exist.