Can someone define "love" for me..?? Ten points for what I think is the best answer..= Z?

Question

Ick no! I only asked this question to see how people would "define" it..that's all..

Answer 1

Time to bust out the Bible to 1 Cor 13:4-8

"4 Love is patient , love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails...."

Answer 2

Love the question and hope to see some good answers... I'll take a stab...

- The quality of surrendering and accepting life as it is. This means no judgments or expectations. The effect of this can often be called a feeling or emotion. Also, this can be expressed in many different ways. There is only love (there aren't different types of love, only different expressions of it).

Just imagine if you could let go and love everything... Imagine if everyone could do this!


I have one more thing... this isn't from anything I can remember at this point, but I suppose love is what is experienced when you have the awareness that there is only "one" that exists, and you experience this oneness... which comes from surrendering and acceptance, or in other words, truly living in the now.

Answer 3

I'm going to guess that this is about an affair of the heart that did not go well....
The first thing to learn when falling in love is to realize early on the difference between loving someone and getting what you want. Not getting what you wanted or expected has very little to do with love. A definition? Perhaps it is that when you share, always pick the smaller portion as your reward.
Some of the religious orders pray for "the strength to go where love takes me" each morning and evening. It is not a bad way to begin and end the day....

Answer 4

Love cannot be defined as any specific feeling. It is a reaction to a displayed emotion from another human being. When someone performs an action that calls for such a reaction, someone says "I love you". Really, though, love cannot be described even as a feeling toward another, is it just a word. When you say the word Love, don't think about a connection between two people intimately related, just think of an action that you would define as appropriate for a situation that calls for the use of that word. In meaning of the word, though, Love does not mean anything, it means everything. When you say the word Love, it just signifies the establishment of a intimate relationship or even just a simple friendly connection. Love does not mean you have bonded with a person and show extreme affection toward them. Love is simply just a reaction toward an action taken that arouses feelings inside someone that they relate into words, saying "I love that" or "It's so lovely".

Think of it this way, Love has no definition, it is just the way you feel when you connect to someone so strongly that you inadvertantly take actions that would produce feelings in another for you. It's not a word that can be defined, it's just a word that can be used.

Answer 5

Love manifests in healthy human beings as a pleasant inflammation roughly centered in the liver. If you happen to be hosing out the hog pen at the time, you might say, "I love hosing out the hog pen," and you'd be right.

Unfortunately, many of us put the hog pen before the burning sensation, and take it that the hog pen (or possibly the hosing thereof) is the cause of the pleasant feverishness. But that is error; it's simply accident what circumstance becomes associated with the feeling of 'love,' which research shows to be a completely random occurence. (See Fabricant and Upmake's articles in the Journal of Ordinary Phenomena)

No, no, the confusion of the sensation within with the sensation without is the source of much discord and confusion in human life. The wise man keeps his eyes shut when he feels 'love' coming on, lest he become permanently enchanted by a jiggly bit attached to a shrew. It's safer that way. Best move of all is to lie under the bed until the feeling passes.

Answer 6

Love is campassionate... Love is an emotion that isn't faked... People accosiate love with sex, which can be faked, the act and the physical responce. Love is much deeper than physical attraction but it's very benevolent... True love doesn't die, marrying someone for attraction is foolish and the marriage never lasts. My dad was married to my mom for 23 years before died... He was so crushed, he eventually was able to grieve the loss. He loved her no matter what... and stayed with her in times where most people just quit... people today just simply give up when a storm comes.

Answer 7

So many people think that love is this.... this feeling. They may say otherwise, but time and time again, people marry each other because they base their relationship on that grand, electrifying sensation of being "in love". "In love", in my humble opinion, is a wonderful thing. It happens when your palms sweat when that special person is around, your heart beats wildly in your chest when you catch a whiff of their perfume or colgone... even when you just can't stand to be away for even ten minutes. All of this is great. However, if you base any semblance of a relationship on these feelings... what kind of foundation is that? It's a foundation that will fail, because feelings come and go. That brings me to love. Love is a commitment. True love is not based on feelings, but rather is an unwavering, never-ceasing vow to prefer someone else over one's own self. To see good in the one you love, despite ill feelings, dirty laundry, shattered dreams, disease, disfigurement, gained wieght, or any other thing that sometimes causes "feelings" to wane. Love is patient and kind, and does not become jealous. True love is a beautiful, sloppy mess that will never, ever fail.

Answer 8

Love...love is that bubbly happy feeling for someone who makes you smile so wide your cheeks hurt, makes you bent-over laugh and does it all over again each time. Love is that shy, hesitant feeling when you see that special someone and your heart pounds so hard and your thoughts careen out of control for a while but eventually, you relax around that person's presence, completely comfortable. Love is that painful, oppressive ache in your chest and you cry and cry, that feeling of falling from a cliff and shattering when you hit the ground. Love is all that and more.

Answer 9

It is that beautiful smile you have on when you get up in the morning. It is that forgotten moment because you were thinking about him/her. It is time that has gone by quickly when you sat together. It is the warmth you feeling when bodies touch and your lips meet. It is a caress. It is the years of being together. When you love this way, it is deep and meaningful. If you have never felt these things, then you have never loved.

Answer 10

No one can define love for "you" they can only define love for themselves! Its as individual as tastes! Some people like broccoli some don't. those who do may taste different than other who like it! Love is a person thing and to define by my terms may not meet your feelings. The best thing I can say is you will KNOW! Do not let anyone tell you what love is for you for they are not you!