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then why is it so expensive to KEEP it?
some say it's an investment,
then why do a lot of people go emotionally bankrupt?

2007-04-30 07:20:18 · 36 answers · asked by enki 4 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Free to find it
Expensive to keep it
Valuable to learn from it
Precious to have experienced it
Worthy to have cherished it
Worthless to have lost it
And even if a scar is part of the return
It still is the greatest,
Most priceless treasure
Of all.

2007-04-30 09:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by Banshee 7 · 1 0

Nothing is free, not even a bird, we all depend on someone else or something else. Love is not free because if you want it you have to be willing to at least give of yourself and you owe, weather or not the other party admits it, an obligation to the one who loves you.
It is an investment because you give your time, not refundable,to someone and share your dreams and path in life by excluding others. If you work through the many bumps and roadblocks along the way you will be greatly rewarded by a bond which through love will not be broken because you have stood the test of love we all go through.
People get or are emotionally bankrupt because they use up their love on those who do not value the love and do not give love back to them. Some people also mistake love for lust then wonder where everyone went to when the lust wears off, bankrupt for sure. Be willing to pay the price but make sure the one you give your love to is worth it. If you keep going through relationships which don't work they will take a toll on you and you will not be able to do the first thing which is required for love and that is trust.

2007-04-30 07:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by ZenWoman 4 · 1 0

The term free love has been used since at least the nineteenth century to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage, especially for women. Much of the free love tradition has a civil libertarian philosophy that seeks freedom from State regulation and Church interference in personal relationships. In addition, some free love writing has argued that both men and women have the right to sexual pleasure.

Love is Free .. but it is rare to found it in the right place .. so when you got it you have to keep it from others who are looking in what you own .. while they don't have it .. they wanna it ..

It is not expensive to have it it is free .. it is Expensive to keep it ( means to protect it ).. cause all others wanna it .. and if they could have your gift for any price .. some of them sure will try to got it ..

Emotionally bankrupt ? i will tell you why ..
when you meet the love of your life, time STOPS!!!!!!!!!! but once the time starts again....it moves extra fast to catch up ..


Hope you got the point ...

Good luck to have your free love .. it worth it to keep it .. and never start again ..

Have a great day ..

.

2007-04-30 09:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by valentino's 6 · 1 0

it depends on your connotation to what the term 'free' means.
But then you used the word 'expensive', so how I understand, you're talking in terms of financial concept. But then, you also talk about emotional bankruptcy- this was the point of my target in the first place.
So which one is which. Most definitely your question is leading me to confusion. Dont know how to answer your question but to dissect them seperately.
It is expensive to keep it, if the love is based on unconditional love by one and the other by security(for couple). The giving person, gives and gives until there is nothing more to give, but hey, it is all for your love of your life, isn't it?
On the other hand, a person maintains the love, again, unconditionally by you to the beloved who doesn't seem to give as much love as you do. There is imbalance in which more is coming from you to make the relationship work thus leaving more emotional and mental stress and energy on your part. You try to compensate everything, but sooner or later, you're all drained out, then emotionally go bankrupt.
I wouldn't fall for this kind of relationship, If I were you. Of course your beloved gives you a surmounting satisfaction, but you don't give her any of that. Somewhere, somehow she will find somewhereelse where to the find the kind of love that you give to her. Rollercoaster of life. Karma, others call it.
Love is free when we are free from anything that hardens the heart, contempt, and emotional distress. It is a two-way street where there is balance.

2007-04-30 08:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by oscar c 5 · 1 0

In a perfect world, love would be free. We would all love each other unconditionally without any of the problems that always come about (fear, anger, envy, jealousy, insecurity, wanting to change someone, etc). That would be the ideal situation, but unfortunately people twist love into something based on need or insecurity and then it ends up costing a lot to everyone involved. We get in our own way and can't love the way we should because we are not happy with ourselves and look to others to fill the void that is in us. So we have to be comfortable being alone in our own skin before we can truly love someone else. I know that sounds all philosophical/Dr. Phil/Oprah Winfreyish but its true.

2007-04-30 07:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

They say that the best things in life are free but love will cost you if it goes down the drain mentally, physically, emotionally, and perhaps financially. Its what you put into that you gamble on because relationships are almost like investments such as hedge funds in that it may take a lot just to get the chance to score big.

2007-04-30 07:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by syntaxlexicon 1 · 1 0

A human being discovers love for the overcoming of fear, and thus there becomes the easy aemblance of ethics to avoid fear for receiving the beloved: and all of that requires no expense. Expense is merely the coincidental worth of living, making love a simplicity distinguished fro Wealth.

As we all know life chooses love differently from wealth in much more complicated ways such as the freedom to observe the facts and opinions of love apart from wealth, which takes on the certain value in utility of one's future. Are we human? Is now invested in, and wealth develops the utility of proving your Love; being a Man and so forth, which never sems to BE enough.

I really lack all of this experience. I see the sins on a day to day basis.


Kristoff Krazho

2007-04-30 07:59:39 · answer #7 · answered by Kristoff K 2 · 0 0

One-sided Love can be free as all you may have done to recieve it is by being yourself.

Comparing love to a investment is a interesting idea. However with love there are two variables. Each party can choose to love or not to love.

With a investment you have no control of how you investment will pay off and it is very random.

Emotions are not as random as a stock market no matter how one may look at it. You can control and direct your emotions. Try and guide or effect your investments and you get sent to jail ;0

Emotional bankruptcy occurs when one has no greater love on which to lean on ie. God. When one put all of his/her love into another person without having put God as thier first love emotional bankruptcy can occur.

2007-05-03 12:11:05 · answer #8 · answered by jazz_boi_76 2 · 1 0

Love freely given comes with the price of knowing you may never be truly loved in return. Love is a risky investment but as with all risky investments it can pay off big or leave bankrupt. Conditionaly love is self explanatory.

2007-05-03 10:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Charlie 2 · 1 0

Love is never free in an emotional sense. For example, in a relationship you have to work hard to make the other person happy, support them, forgive them and be there for them. Sometimes pain is the ultimate price of love i.e. when a relationship breaks down or when someone you love dies. Economic value has nothing on a broken human heart because money can't mend it and money can't bring back the person you love. And as The Beatles said: 'Money can't buy you love'.

2007-04-30 07:37:48 · answer #10 · answered by Strawberry 4 · 0 0

LOVE can be either free or not .
A free love , is an unconditional love , true LOVE therefor will ever endure.
When a love has conditionts , it depends on something , it is not pure and real LOVE , when the thing is no more , the love too is gone.

When we are talking about TRUE LOVE , you dont have to do something in order to keep it , all you do is a result of the love , because if you really love someone , you will do a lot FOR HIM .( not to keep the love but for the loved one)

When we are talking about CONDITIONAL LOVE , you should keep the coniditon , then you see it as investment , you need to WORK for the love , you actually do things FOR THE LOVE(=for your interests), to KEEP it, thats why you feel it is expensive , if it was TRUE LOVE , all you do , you won't see it as expensive , because all you do is so obvious you to do .
for example TRUE LOVE is the love of parents to their children , you see how much things the parents do for their children , and they do it with smile :-) , it is not even a question if to do it or not .do the parents do thing in order to keep the love ?
A CONDITIONAL LOVE is like , you love someone because he/she is beautiful , it is not free love,all you do , you have a question : is it worth do it or not ? then if you answer yes and you do something , you feel you WORK for the love ,as opposed to the parent's love , they do NOT feel they WORK .

TRUE LOVE is free. you do not "buy" love , TRUE love is only about GIVING , no expect for rewards , therefor if you pay 1000$ for a game for you child , it is not expensive , the LOVED ONE is worth much more!!!
CONDITIONAL LOVE is an investment .
It is about GETTING , and in order to get , you should give , then 1000$ investment for ring for a freind,(that you love because her beauty) is expensive , it is like 1000$=kiss(just example), then you start making calculations.

2007-04-30 08:43:01 · answer #11 · answered by :-) 2 · 0 0

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