Originally posted by Barakus
hmmm, so u swallowed a thesaurus i see lol.. however you do have a point. But, u seem to make it out as a bad thing. Why? (if you don't mind me asking?)
I see the world for what it is: an illusion. To what you may ask I will never know. But the purpose in life is to get through it one way or the other. Distractions, such as love, make people think they are invisible and the rules of life do not apply to them. It breaks my heart to see them on that rude awakening and yet at the same time I feel no pity. It is not that my heat is cold, but rather I had none to begin with.
I think it's because we can't force ourselves to love. We may love those close to us, but in doing so, would do things that may not be right in order to protect them. Even if someone loved everyone, it would be impossible to love everyone the same. You love a person for an infinite number of reasons, and in this, it is impossible to love the same way twice.
And I don't think pain is the opposite of love. Otherwise, the expression 'love til it hurts' is just an oxymoron while in reality, it is a painful truth.
Originally posted by debbiejo
I believe really that the opposite of love is hate, and with hate are many sub categories such as fear which also encompasses fear of pain, fear of attachment, fear of rejection, fear of experiences....It works against what love is. It keeps people from experiencing it.
The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. We often think that love and hate are opposites because they are extremes, but the true opposite of that passion is not feeling anything.
Love is loving someone without expecting anything in return, no judgments, no restrictions, no limitations, no expectations. Love is free and unconditional, it' s not mixed with various needs, conditions and demands from your partner.
Love is being honest with yourself at all times, being honest with the other person at all times, telling, listening, respecting the truth and never pretending. Love is an understanding so complete that you feel as if you are a part of the other person.
Love is the freedom to pursue your own desires while sharing your experiences with the other person, the growth of one individual alongside of and together with the growth of another individual.
Love is giving and taking in a daily situation, being patient with each other' s needs and desires.
I believe that true love never dies. If it doesn't die, then it was true love. And it could mean a person, place, or thing, or idea. If you've forgot about it and stopped the love you had for the object of your affection even isn't around anymore or has been gone for a short or long while or forever, then you never had love for it/him/her in the first place. You just liked the object alot, thats all.
True love is pain. Ultimate happiness. A fear and the deep amount of near unexplainable care you hold for the object of your love all in one.
When it comes to loving someone. The way to know if it's true love is if you'd put people like close family kin, parents, siblings or especially son and daughters, before your ownself. If you cannot do this, than it's not real love. Yea, you have to look out for yourself to and that's ok, as long as you don't get taken advantage of by being a fool. But other than than, that's what that part of love means to me.