What is the definition of love?
What would motivate a man to stand between his wife and the barrel of a gun or keep a young woman beside the hospital bed of her comatose fiancé? Love, is a word of endless meaning, a subject of complex debate, and an idea of perfect imperfection; a story without an ending. The Holy Bible’s 1 Corinthians 13:13 hastened to say, “now abides faith, hope, [and] love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (KJV) I believe love to not only be an idea, but a singular entity of self-sacrificial and unconditional love. Although love is a rare commodity to some, it is also the most overused and misunderstood yet rarely meant and universally accepted terms in any given language on the earth. The term love is defined …show more content…
Here, love is referred to a “her” however in similar biblical translations love is also known as “charity”. Love is passion, the uncontrollable thirst for the fellowship and company of another, the self-inflicted obligation for the happiness of another. Love, has very few and far between synonymous terms that have quite the intensity of itself. For example, if a significant other was to proclaim to their partner, “I love you” it would not have quite the same effect if they were to utter, “I feel affectionate towards you”. Imagine a world without the word “love”. What would a father say to his son or daughter as he kisses him or her goodnight after reading their favorite bedtime story; or what would a wife say to her husband when she finds out that he has been saving back money of his own just to buy her a shining new piece of jewelry for her collection? Without love I believe life to be but a husk of what potential we have in store for each of the lives that we are given. Without the existence of this simple term, it is almost impossible to express feelings that flood and crash into mind when one truly loves …show more content…
Some people in today’s age view marriage as just a piece of paper and a break in taxes, but there are still those who view it as a union between two people and how they have pledged themselves to one another, vowing to never love another in place of them “until death do [they] part”. And those types of people are the only ones who even have a chance at remaining in that state for the rest of their lives. For example, about 60 years ago a relationship would most likely begin after about three or more dates of non-sexually oriented banter and laughs followed by the guy walking the lady to her front porch and receiving his first kiss. In today’s age the relationships are largely focused on sexual eligibility, in a sense turning love into nothing more than primitively motivated lust. Now there are many reasons one may get married but the only one that will produce love is one that is true to one another. A person who compliments the other spiritually and whole heartedly could easily produce a life full of love, but unfortunately more times than not, it is not enough. I suppose it is true what society says of love, that it hurts, but then again it is not love that hurts, it is the people that do. That’s the thing about love; sometimes it can come too easily and leave devastatingly. But could never blame an inanimate emotion such as love for the pain it has caused, on can only
What would motivate a man to stand between his wife and the barrel of a gun or keep a young woman beside the hospital bed of her comatose fiancé? Love, is a word of endless meaning, a subject of complex debate, and an idea of perfect imperfection; a story without an ending. The Holy Bible’s 1 Corinthians 13:13 hastened to say, “now abides faith, hope, [and] love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (KJV) I believe love to not only be an idea, but a singular entity of self-sacrificial and unconditional love. Although love is a rare commodity to some, it is also the most overused and misunderstood yet rarely meant and universally accepted terms in any given language on the earth. The term love is defined …show more content…
Here, love is referred to a “her” however in similar biblical translations love is also known as “charity”. Love is passion, the uncontrollable thirst for the fellowship and company of another, the self-inflicted obligation for the happiness of another. Love, has very few and far between synonymous terms that have quite the intensity of itself. For example, if a significant other was to proclaim to their partner, “I love you” it would not have quite the same effect if they were to utter, “I feel affectionate towards you”. Imagine a world without the word “love”. What would a father say to his son or daughter as he kisses him or her goodnight after reading their favorite bedtime story; or what would a wife say to her husband when she finds out that he has been saving back money of his own just to buy her a shining new piece of jewelry for her collection? Without love I believe life to be but a husk of what potential we have in store for each of the lives that we are given. Without the existence of this simple term, it is almost impossible to express feelings that flood and crash into mind when one truly loves …show more content…
Some people in today’s age view marriage as just a piece of paper and a break in taxes, but there are still those who view it as a union between two people and how they have pledged themselves to one another, vowing to never love another in place of them “until death do [they] part”. And those types of people are the only ones who even have a chance at remaining in that state for the rest of their lives. For example, about 60 years ago a relationship would most likely begin after about three or more dates of non-sexually oriented banter and laughs followed by the guy walking the lady to her front porch and receiving his first kiss. In today’s age the relationships are largely focused on sexual eligibility, in a sense turning love into nothing more than primitively motivated lust. Now there are many reasons one may get married but the only one that will produce love is one that is true to one another. A person who compliments the other spiritually and whole heartedly could easily produce a life full of love, but unfortunately more times than not, it is not enough. I suppose it is true what society says of love, that it hurts, but then again it is not love that hurts, it is the people that do. That’s the thing about love; sometimes it can come too easily and leave devastatingly. But could never blame an inanimate emotion such as love for the pain it has caused, on can only