What is love, really? Have you ever thought about love and how sometimes it is hard to describe. I have many feelings that are mixed.
Usually the question of it comes up when there is a lack of love in your own life. Or when, what you expect of others and sometimes ourselves, fails to manifest itself. So as I was thinking about love, a myriad of things started flowing into my mind. Believe me I think the Bible writers even wrestled with what love was, even though they tried to spell it out. Here are some thoughts that came up that could or could not be love, but maybe extensions of it. Also things came up that were not love. Things related to love etc. I write you decide if it helps your definition. Finally Love is just a word, its the "feeling" that counts. Admittedly you can't cure all of the worlds ill's but you can start small, say within your own circle of friends and family and work your way out.
Love is when a soldier throws his body on a live grenade to save his fellow man.
Love is seeing a homeless person not as disgusting, or a bum, but as a part of yourself that needs help.
Love is a mother instinctively holding her child to her breast to provide nourishment and nurturing.
Love is sometimes erotic.
Love is hugging your fellow man or women.
Love is seeing the look in your pets eyes, when it is hungry or needs to go out and you take care of it immediately.
Love comes easy for animals and hard for humans
Love is seeing the look in your fellow man's eyes when he is hungry or needs the basic comforts of life, and not turning your back.
Love is anticipation of things needed by others, and giving it to them before they have to ask or are afraid to.
Love is a four letter word for something hard to explain, but you know it when you feel it or give it.
Loving is reaching inside, to reach outside.
Love is not making your fellowman, friend, or family member beg you for love, and or help.
Love is forgiving your fellowman, friend, or family member when they don't give you love or help, when you need it.
Love is not passing by someone in need and turning your head the other way.
Love is not using catch phrases like "I love You" Or "Love from so and so," and not showing it with some type of demonstrable action.
Love is seeing all mankind as one with yourself, having empathy for their condition, and making some kind of physical or spiritual effort to change it for the better.
Love is forgiving others as many times is as needed.
Love is forgiving yourself as many times as needed
Love is not giving up on others.
Love is not giving up on yourself.
Love is not judging others by our own egotistical standards, turning your back on them, or casting them out of your circle or from society.
Love is acceptance of others lifestyle, and personal choices without condemnation.
Love is tolerance of others spiritual beliefs
Love is not trying to force your beliefs on others.
Love is saying and meaning "you don't have to pay me back."
Love comes from the heart, and never ends.
Love is a state of being.
Love is compassion, mercy, and forgiveness of ourselves and others.
Love is saying don't worry about it, I got it!
Love is enabling not disabling.
Love is seeing all others as Family.
Love is making room for others when there is no more room.
Love is feeling lighter when you give, and heavier when you don't
Love is considering how our words and actions might affect others.
Love is knowing that one act of kindness toward another could change our whole life and the other's life too.
Love is not reading into someone else's words or tone of voice something bad, but giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Love is something that can come through you and to others from the universal mind, and return to you from others.
Love is something that requires nothing other then opening up your heart to it.
Love given from the heart feels damn good to give and receive, and is healing.
Love not given from the heart, but out of guilt, or a sense of obligation, is not love.
Love doesn't give out of self righteousness.
Love lifts the spirit of the giver and receiver.
Love is a feeling, and an energy.
Love is not taking credit for things but giving credit to others, or to the source of all good things.
Love should be given at any time under any condition.
Love heals giver and receiver.
Love is what you see in your fellow mans eyes when you love him.
I think I could go on forever, or a very long time, but in case I didn't cover it all (And I didn't) then maybe these will.
A very wise man once said "Treat others they way you would want to be treated" And "Love Your neighbor as yourself."
Notice it says love yourself, which is a presumption that you should be.
-thunderhands
1 comment:
okay...I got my dose of Thunder today! This musing left me breathless and it also made me take a look at how I express my self love. My love is only good enough for others if it is good enough for me! I look at love as an action word. Love is multi-dimensional.
I use to take food to this homeless man and his dog. I gave him money and work to create the energy exchange. I always gave him tobacco. I used to get into it with the cops when they would harass him.
I know that I did this out of love. It was that emotion that creates action to express the feeling that I was feeling for him. I use to trip on how many people would just walk by him and stare or ignore him.
One of my biggest lessons about love is forgiveness. This has been one of my toughest virtues and hardest lessons. One of my favorite quotes by Mother Teresa is..."we need lot's of love to forgive, but we need much more humility to ask for for forgiveness".....powerful words.
Love to you Kola!
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