2006-07-20 19:45:58 · 28 answers · asked by Regina J 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
there is no real definition of love. it's whatever you believe it is.
2006-07-20 19:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by PixiFairy 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There are many different answers to this question but I think we might look at the effects of love. Freud spoke of the super-ego in relation to ones relationship or concept of God but might not the super ego also be connected with the feeling of love at its most extreme? People have been known to accomplish things such as quitting an addiction because of falling in love, or achieving greatness in a particular field or study. I have to say that I cannot confine the super-ego to the religious. Do we not worship those we love most? This is the deeper kind of love. Then there is the casual love with no depth which has little meaning but which can wreak havoc with the senses and emotions. This is more akin to a pathological condition and must not be confused with deeper kinds of love. Love has many different levels and different definitions but I believe we must redefine it for ourselves if we continue to grow throughout the course of our lives.
2006-07-21 02:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the kind of love that you're asking about. There's family love, friendship love, relationship love, and soul mate love.
With family, well, you just love them. That love is when there's something about the person that you can't live without. For example, I love my mom because (other than the fact that she's my mother) I can't imagine my life without her bickering.
With friendship love, it's when you really care about someone. It's doesn't mean that you can't live without them, but that you place them as one of your top priorities. You wouldn't intentionally hurt them, and you care about what happens to them. You enjoy spending time with them, and wouldn't trade a day laughing with them for anything else in the world.
Relationship love is when you skin burns if it isn't being touched by your lover. It's when you can sit on a beach with them, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had. You want nothing more but to just hold their hand or kiss their lips.
Soul mate love is like friendship love, but deeper. It's when you love the person, and don't even think about the outside. You can't live without them because you are a part of each other. If you just saw them once a day, it wouldn't be enough. And when you think about yourself 50 years from now, you see yourself laughing with them while your grandchildren run around your house during Christmas. And you're blessed when you have ANY of the types of loves mentioned above. Never forget that.
2006-07-21 02:56:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer: "God is Love".(1)
Slightly longer answer: "Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."(2)
Detailed application of all that(3):
Love is when you have made all those little choices to 'love your neighbor as yourself', and all of a sudden after a while you find you've got a huge soft spot for him in your heart, and you suddenly notice he's handsome, and then...
Love is when you wait until you're ready for a permanent relationship before doing anything that will bind you together permanently.
Love is when you give for the joy of giving. Period.
Love is when you marry because you believe that there's something you will be able to do together, and maybe already are doing it, and you'll be able to do it better if you marry.
Love is when he's rejected your marriage proposal, you sometimes don't even dare dream of 'being with him' anymore - and you don't feel the need to 'make yourself move on'. You are happy with your life.
Love is when, when you're with him, you're so happy to be with the one you love that you forget the hard things he's said to you.
Love is when you're willing to look foolish by virtue of loving him when it seems impossible for the situation to ever be any different from what it is now.
In other words, love is when he's in your heart, but you don't 'have to have him' - but neither do you 'have to move on'. You love him because you choose to.
2006-07-21 02:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by songkaila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is abstract.You can not see love or read love stories and live them.Love is instinct.Love comes from within.Love is dissolving into each other. Looking from different positions but still seeing the same object.Love is giving not asking or receiving. Love is sublime. Love is pure .Love is what Jesus did for us.
2006-07-21 03:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by Alan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is an arbitrary classification within a continuum of feelings. We feel how we feel and what we feel changes continuously. However, language, and our thought process depends heavily on language, has to assign words so we end up classifying feelings into a few categories like: love, lust, friendship etc.
I think it has a lot to do with that thing about Eskimos having 50 plus word for snow.
2006-07-21 02:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by leblongeezer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being selfish and then finding yourself suddenly making sacrifices for the other person and not minding. The person you love somehow makes you better just by being in your life. When you think about the other person, you just feel happier. You have the worst day ever, you want to talk to them. You have the best day ever, you want to talk to them. A reflexive smile sometimes crosses your face when you hear their name. Having all of those things being reciprocated. That, to me, is love.
2006-07-21 02:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by mytreacheryiseternal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See love is something which does not knows any boundaries love is second to nothing but only GOD if love would not be there then this world would not be there.
2006-07-21 02:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by thefishyfish2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accepting imperfections and wanting to be with that person even in the toughest of times. That rosy veil does not last very long. If you stay with each other through the tough times as well as the good and understand each others failings, then that is as close to love as it gets.
2006-07-21 02:50:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is omnipresent. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres.
Love never fails!
2006-07-21 02:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To respect some one from inner heart is really love.
2006-07-21 02:58:31 · answer #11 · answered by binod m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋