2007-01-31 23:45:31 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
With patience with the loved ones faults,
and kindness in helping the beloved achieve his/her goals,
with pride in the good qualities of the beloved,
and in his/her accomplishments,
with a courtesy of heart and mind and action that makes your beloved feel lifted up by you,
by thinking about seeking to build that which is good for both of you together and not just for one or the other,
by a forgiveness which accepts the consequences of the evil done you, but forgives from the heart the doer, and goes on in the relationship as if no wrong had been done--comforting the one who needs forgiveness, even as you hope they will let you know how badly they feel for hurting you,
by seeking to protect the beloved in all ways you can, and by keeping on keeping on even when things appear to be going badly, and through faithfulness to the beloved always--no exceptions, no rationales, no excuses.
And when you fail in some part of this, as most of us do, and I include myself, pick yourself back up off the ground, and fix what you can, re-group, and keep on trying.
I want to make a disclaimer though: where there is abuse of wife or child, there should be a separation with the hope of a reconciliation. When the abuse of the child is sexual there should be no reconciliation whatsoever. Sexual abuse of a child destroys the child, and I have seen too many cases where the damage has ruined that person's life forever.
2007-02-01 00:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would you feel if you were given every little thing you ever wanted?
Try to imagine for a second that you live in a world where you are given everything you ask for even before you ask, even before you even think about what you want. This imaginary world was created especially for you to have everything you might want.
So, imagine the immense pleasure you'll feel when you get to that world and you start getting everything you could possibly want.
Oh well, "back to reality now"... Imagine somebody gives you $100...It feels good huh? Well, just remember that and give $100 to somebody and see if you still feel the same way...If you do, then you know what it feels like to love. If you don't feel the same way, then maybe keep trying!
2007-02-01 08:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is most definitely not something one can instruct another person to do. Love is natural, it is everlasting, and unconditional. If it is family love you are asking about, it should already be there. Whether you know it or not, love is inside you all along. I know that sounds cheesy but when you are in love you do not care as much.
If you are referring to being in love, well that just comes with time. I once heard that love is the soul's reaction to its natural counterpart. I believe that everyone has a soulmate and when they find that soulmate, a love will blossom inside them that can only be superceeded by God's own love for us. Just be patient and eventually that feeling will come.
2007-02-01 09:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by Alyssia K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is not just something that comes to you. It can happen by chance or a long exposure to that special someone. However, if one is in love with another, that would work through a symbiotic relationship. One has to give a little bit of their time, energy, and devotion to the other. Once that person is willing to do that, it is known as love.
2007-02-01 08:01:58 · answer #4 · answered by The Postulator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To love, you have to give someone something that expresses that you care for them and do it without any expectation of reward in return. Love is unselfish, seeks not it's own and is full of charity. The something you give could be as little as a flower and as big as your life. Sacrificial love is the greatest love. It shows that you care more for others than yourself.
2007-02-01 08:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by illustratedman7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There once was a man who knew nothing of love and it pained him deeply. There once was a man who knew everything of love and he avoided it completly.
Learn to love yourself first(no, not that way); find happiness being you independent of others.
2007-02-01 09:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by guy o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is not something you "do".... It is something you allow to you fill you.
2007-02-01 11:06:48 · answer #7 · answered by Shaman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by doing everything in the best way i can
2007-02-01 08:12:34 · answer #8 · answered by jubart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you please make your question a little more vague? It's way too specific as it is, I hardly know where to begin.
2007-02-01 08:53:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
emotionally
2007-02-01 09:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by jsjmlj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋