Someone gave this as the meaning of life. Why?
2006-11-25 13:14:54 · 18 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Thanks for re-stating the question. But: Why?
2006-11-25 13:27:09 · update #1
Being loved.
Hmmm....
A life without love is not much more than being a fungus, or some unwanted growth.
2006-11-25 13:16:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's important to be loved, or to feel as though one is loved, because it is a basic need for survival. If a child is not loved (look around you and watch and see if I'm not correct) the child becomes rather sociopathic. Love helps us to be caring about others and of course love is not the only structural support emotionally, that we need, but is indeed one of the most important. Children who grow up with indifference, treat others with contempt or indifference. They show little remorse when they have hurt others and don't seem to connect cause and affect as readily as children who have sufficient love. They then become a problem to society as young teens and adults (usually). There will always be exceptions to the rule (for example the man who wrote A Child Called It) but most of those exceptions were found and taken out of the situation before the permanent damage was too severe to temper. This is a very good and very thought provoking question. Well Done. And I hope for you that you have all the love that you need in your life. Happy Holidays. Nana
2006-11-25 13:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by nanawnuts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is one of the two strongest emotions. Hate being the other. Love coming from another is a form of validation that all humans require in order to survive.
Children deprived of love have been found to grow destructive lives. Children with love, may go off the path once in a while, but usually, grow to be good caring people.
Love of one's self is paramount. Love of another is important as well. If you give love freely, unconditionally, you will be loved in return.
A person can survive without money, but they cannot survive without love.
2006-11-25 13:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very Important to Be loved. Yes, its much easier going on in life, when you have a special someone or family to love and support you. For when youre sick, upset, angry, confused, heartbroken, there is always someone there who puts a warm loving embrace or words of support in your world.
You know that no matter what happens in life, someone loves you, and cares what decisions or hardships you face & make. Your not alone, there is someone out there that loves you with a strong love, so deep, nothing is too bad to go through in life.
To be loved, Is to live!
2006-11-25 13:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Such A Chicka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? Life is love! There is no life without love. Think what it would be like to grow up with everyone hating you for everything that you are. And to go on that way the rest of your life, with no friends or family to love you. Totally alone. The more that someone loves you, the better you feel, and that does'nt mean that you have to have one million friends. Even if just one person in the entire world loves you, and everyone else hates you, it's like the difference between life and death. Trust Me! I've been through it. My goal in life is to be like an overflowing cup of life, spreading my love to the darkest corners of the earth through my music, and making a difference in the lives of everyone. That is love. That is the purpose of life.
2006-11-25 13:31:21 · answer #5 · answered by Dj Recast 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love usually causes stress on the heart and other vital organs, leading to heart attacks. Get real and avoid people. Take it from a retired Pyschology Professor at the University of Minnesota. You may think I'm crazy, but Minnesota ranks number 1 in "best state to live" since 1997! By the way, I asked the meaning of life question. Now you can track my answer record. Enjoy!!!!!!!!
2006-11-25 13:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by spoongentry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loving a person teaches one to exist for something other than one's own self. If someone is never loved, which I think is not possible, then they don't become a whole person. A whole person cares about more than just their self.
2006-11-25 13:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You tell me what love is and I will tell you if I think it is important.
2006-11-25 13:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if we're not loved we feel like we have no worth. It's like an invisible bond that we have with other human beings, and if that bond doesn't exist we feel like we don't matter, like we don't exist. Yes being loved gives us our existance.
2006-11-25 13:17:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone can love you as you are then you are worthy of that person's
love. It is the basis of the Christian religion. Jesus loves us no matter
what we do. Therefore, we are lovable. If you can find someone in real
life who accepts you as you are then it makes you feel like you are a good
and worthy person. My dad loved me as I am. I am a nice person. Thanks
dad.
2006-11-25 13:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by sunnymommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋