2006-06-24 04:57:24 · 7 answers · asked by Retarded Dave 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This is a tricky question because it touches all kinds of living beings - I assume however that "everybody" means “every human”.
It is DEFINITELY possible to love everything or everybody. There are two caveats - a) how long can you love ? b) what do you expect in return.
Any living being whether it is a plant, animal or human work on a reciprocation basis. Case A - Plant - You put a seed into the ground and put some moisture. The seed germinates and may show a green leaf. You put some more water, some nutrients like fertilizer etc. and it grows taller and grows into a tree. You protect this tree against the wind, against animals etc. and it bears fruits. So the tree is expecting you to love and care at several stages. Hence it is looking at a reciprocation. You gave all that and in return you got from the tree - fruits, shade, greenery, fresh air etc. If you would have eagerly expected fruits, shade etc when the first leaf began to sprout, you wouldn’t have got it. Hence the longevity is important and the expectation is important.
Let us now take a case of an animal. Let us say our popular pet – like a Dog - It is true the more you love a dog the more it loves you back. You give it food, hygiene etc and it gives you protection and companionship. If you bring a pup into your house and expect it to give you protection from day-one, you wouldn’t get it. Hence here also, the question of longevity and expectation come into picture.
Now the actual analysis of your question - is it possible to love "everybody"... All humans ??? Yes, it is possible. However, let us look at longevity and expectation once again. The following are broad categories of human relationships
a) Friend - Can you love a friend. - yes you can love a friend forever.. As long as he / she is a friend. The moment your brain interprets that this friend is doing something that is not "friendly" enough, you stop loving that person. This love can be semi-permanent, but the expectations may be moderate
b) Mother or Father or Siblings or Spouse - You can love them for a long long time. But the moment there is a problem in reciprocation - like they not taking care of your needs etc.. , you may start not-loving them and finally you stop loving them. This love is mostly permanent and the expectations are enormous
c) Other Relations like - in-laws, cousins, aunts - This love is mostly incidents driven and may be wavering between trough and peak based on the usefulness of the people to you. This love is transient and expectation is also low
Strangers - There is no love relationship between you and a stranger, unless they graduate into or fall one of the above category of people. You don’t love someone walking on the London Bridge. You can only admire their beauty or admire their qualities etc. But there is no love. Hence the period of "love" is not defined and the usefulness is not defined. Hence it is not love at all.
Lastly, Loving a Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Girl or Boy etc. - This is a scaled down version of any of the above categories.
Other relationships – Your neighbor, Your teacher, Your favorite Actor, a favorite Chef etc - You can love Jennifer Lopez, you can love the Chef who cooks you a gourmet at the Holiday Inn etc. This love is not love of the person, but something that the person is doing for you – like a good acting you enjoy, a good meal you enjoy etc. As long as they produce this useful thing, you love them and it may get replaced by loving someone else who is providing you larger useful thing. Hence this love is nil and the expectation is High. However the other person does not know your love, hence this is classified as no love.
Finally, to conclude - my answer to your question – DEFINITELY it is POSSIBLE to love everyone, but the longevity of your love will vary and what you expect in return will vary. There is hardly any case - where someone loves someone but doesn’t expect anything in return. If you can create an “utopian" relationship wherein you don’t expect anything in return from anybody, it is possible that “You can love everybody” and “for ever’
Good Luck
2006-06-24 06:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by ipsitalona 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
'Everybody' is a generalization. No,it is not possible to love each and every person no matter how nice you are,how happy you are,or how friendly you are. Think about it.
2006-06-24 14:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by zoya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no impossible because i use to think i got along with everybody but secretly i dont im still nice and everything but that doesnt mean i have to like mean rude nasty people areyour saying you do
2006-06-24 12:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by janet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to love everyone. It just may not be possible to like everyone.
2006-06-24 12:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Devin R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carnally?
2006-06-24 12:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but you run a very high risk of getting STD's
2006-06-24 13:08:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...there are some ppl who just suck
so untill u're god u cant love everybody
2006-06-24 12:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by thegirlgenius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋