Reading the comments above it's interesting to note that we constantly talk, sing, write books and make movies about "Love" and yet we don't know what it is! We connect it to feelings of affection and yearning for another, care for our children, sex, the list goes on. Love can manifest itself through these but it's not really Love.
I'm not a particular fan of pop psychology but I think some of the points made in the New York Times Bestseller "The Road Less Travelled" (author Scott Peck) are very valid when it comes to what Love really is. He examines the meaning of Love, "falling in Love" and what he refers to as "The Myth of Romantic Love".
I've been "in-Love" as its understood by most people but upon reflection realise it wasn't anything to do with Love. More to do with my own insecurities, ego and dependency issues. Its unfair to burden another person with your entire reason for existence. If people chose to follow a different path to ourselves we have to let them go with kindness and understanding. Not easy when its someone you genuinely care about but Love requires that of us. That's how we'd want them to treat us if we chose to do the same.
A few years ago I reconnected with my faith and now believe I'm getting closer to understanding what Love really is, although I can't describe it adequately in words. True Love I believe is how God manifests himself in our world. That is all things positive, truthful, unselfish, caring, nurturing and considering the needs of others as well as our own.
A tall order for most of us but until we can claim to be capable of these, I don't think we'll be able to claim that we understand Love.
Reading the comments above it's interesting to note that we constantly talk, sing, write books and make movies about "Love" and yet we don't know what it is! We connect it to feelings of affection and yearning for another, care for our children, sex, the list goes on. Love can manifest itself through these but it's not really Love.
I'm not a particular fan of pop psychology but I think some of the points made in the New York Times Bestseller "The Road Less Travelled" (author Scott Peck) are very valid when it comes to what Love really is. He examines the meaning of Love, "falling in Love" and what he refers to as "The Myth of Romantic Love".
I've been "in-Love" as its understood by most people but upon reflection realise it wasn't anything to do with Love. More to do with my own insecurities, ego and dependency issues. Its unfair to burden another person with your entire reason for existence. If people chose to follow a different path to ourselves we have to let them go with kindness and understanding. Not easy when its someone you genuinely care about but Love requires that of us. That's how we'd want them to treat us if we chose to do the same.
A few years ago I reconnected with my faith and now believe I'm getting closer to understanding what Love really is, although I can't describe it adequately in words. True Love I believe is how God manifests himself in our world. That is all things positive, truthful, unselfish, caring, nurturing and considering the needs of others as well as our own.
A tall order for most of us but until we can claim to be capable of these, I don't think we'll be able to claim that we understand Love.