Love



Love...the thing that has been a subject of philosophy and music and religion and all of that.

What is love?  How do we recognize it?  What do you DO with it?  Is it a noun?  Is it a verb?

I don't know that I can answer those questions any better than anybody else.  I can only attempt to explain what it means to me..how it defines me.

The Ancient Greeks tell us that there are eight different types of love.  You can feel a combination of those with almost anyone you meet.

Love is not a bad or shameful thing.  Society teaches us that it is, especially in certain instances. Society is wrong.

The proverbial they say that if you are married, you aren't supposed to have any kind of love for anyone else of the opposite sex ever again.

That once you enter into a marriage contract..that love is considered "true" love, and all others are false?

How impossibly unrealistic is this, seriously?

The heart feels what the heart feels.

Besides all that love doesn't cancel out love, it doesn't take another love away. Love just does not work that way.  Anybody that has children knows this to be true.

Most people have heard the saying that the more love you give, the more you have to give.  That is true.

I find it quite easy to love most people.  I look at them as if they were someone's son or daughter, which they are, and view them through the lens of .the unconditional love that is what makes mothers special, focusing on positive qualities, encouragement of hopes and dreams.

Every now and then I meet someone with a real sexual connection, as well, as spiritual and emotional.  I refuse to deny the existence of these connections.  That kills a part of your soul.

Every single love you share with a person is different.  It's chemical like that.  Just as different as snowflakes.

Sometimes, in order to love someone, you have to walk away before the love is destroyed. Sometimes, you have to push through the difficulties.

When you love someone, you want what is best for them, and you want them to be happy.  That is true love.

Just my thoughts today on the subject, I'm sure there's more, but I'll make a new post then,




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  1. Misadventure In BloggingJuly 8, 2017 at 9:04 AM

    I think we have very similar viewpoints on many aspects of life. I feel love for almost everyone I meet too. That doesn't necessarily mean that I like their choices, and at times I feel it's necessary to separate myself from certain individuals. But still, I typically feel some type of connection with almost everyone, even people who annoy me or those that I don't trust. There is a beautiful sentiment behind this post that I really can appreciate.

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