Love

[rapunzel77]

The three loves you have pointed out are three of the forms of love. Love is the most powerful force in the world. I believe it was love that created the universe. That is why we are all here. Each of us is special and unique. Each of us has the capacity for love.

Love isn't easy though. There is pain and suffering attached to love. This is also why love is far more than "fuzzy" feelings. Love requires an act of the will and the need to sacrifice. Love enables men to do far greater feats than power or greed can ever do. Love expects nothing in return. That is also a part that can be painful but it is the only way. Love will find that your heart is able to give so much even when it might seem empty.

It is love that gets people through the most terrible of trials weather it is carrying for a sick loved one even though you know they are terminal. It is there when a parent will lay down their life to save their child. It is also evident when people who are fighting for the home, their family, the country are willing to sacrifice everything, including their life to save them.


True love does not put any conditions on the beloved (ie. I will love you if.....). True love accepts the beloved as they are, not what you want them to be. Love also requires patience, kindness, honesty, and truth. It requires compassion and empathy. It requires that one shut up and listen to the other, especially in the midst of their pain and suffering.

Love bears all things. Love takes the burdens on themselves so that their beloved has less to worry about.

This is true love.

There are other forms that are not really love. We say that we love pizza, movies, cars, etc. That isn't the same kind of love. That is more an attachment to things. Unfortunately, the English language is very limiting in its definitions of love. We only have one word to describe all of them. I guess that is also why it can sound so cliched since it is used for everything.