Unconditional Love

The new definition of Love, introduced by Barbara Fredrickson, in “Love 2.0,” not only presents the scientific analyzes of the brain’s response to positive connections, but also a unique perspective of what love actually is. The unfamiliar standpoint about how love is “forever renewable” (108) and how “[it is] not unconditional” (108) refines how love is interpreted and perceived. Fredrickson presents an ongoing juxtaposition from both ends of love and strongly states that “love is a single act…

Day 1 What Do You Think? Read: Genesis 12-15 Grief by any definition denotes love in sorrow. Sadness and extreme pain is felt with sincerity of heart. The source of grief is the object of desire. The cause of grief is the perception of the source. The feeling of grief is the awareness of love. The consequence of grief is the response of sincerity. Grief responders search for the source believed to be loved with sincerity of heart. What do you think? “When my wife hurts, my heart hurts, too”;…

wedding between Juliet and Paris. Juliet realizes she has a lot of pros and cons to consider, but by the end of her thoughts, Shakespeare quotes, “Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee”(4.3.58). Juliet decides to drink the poison in hopes of her true love waking her. However, as Juliet drank the poison, she set off a domino effect, sealing her and Romeo’s fate. The messenger never departs to deliver the news to Romeo that Juliet is actually not dead. Consequently, Romeo kills himself with his…

manipulated and affected, leading to the individual’s destruction. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, each character withholds a certain weakness that results in their destruction. Othello’s weakness is towards Desdemona; Rodrigo’s weakness is towards his unconditional loved for Desdemona, while Desdemona’s weakness was her kindness and naivety that clouded her judgment towards Othello and his actions. Each of these characters faced a tragic ending due to their faults and Iago’s cautious plotting…

Love. The one single, powerful emotion that has the ability to change everything. Love is many things. It is patient and kind. It is unpredictable and unconditional. Love is like walking down a road and coming upon two paths; both will change your life forever, but you have to decide which one is good, which one is bad, which one is right, and which one is wrong. It is like riding on a roller coaster and knowing there is going to be many twists, turns, drops, and sometimes, a moment of peace,…

platonic love, but what makes them so different? The psychological dictionary states a friendship is a “voluntary relationship between people that lasts a long time and those involved are concerned about each other. It develops from shared interests and experiences and is mutually gratifying.” I hope when you thought about your close friends some of this definition applied. Everyone has their own definition on what makes someone a friend, but it can all be traced back to three main themes, love,…

deconstructed further, as her love for him resembles that of a sister, a mother, or even a child. She nurses him, takes care of him, cooks food for him, and eventually cannot bear to live without him. Such strange, unconventional love is the basis for this story. It is only in search of this love that the poor unthinking human heart makes the decisions it does, which are more often than not impractical, unrealistic and doomed to fail. However, the beauty in such love is apparent too, as Ratan’s…

Imagine being a child that loves their father unconditionally. That love is more powerful than thinking of the harm he does is doing to you. “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore Roethke can be interpreted in multiple ways. The poem could be interpreted as a parent abusing his child due to alcoholism or a child dancing with his father. In the poem, Theodore reminisces about his youth of tangled emotions of fear and unconditional love towards his father besides the imperfections his father has. This poet…

In the story “The Stray” by Cynthia Rylant, Doris is a very mature girl who is caring, observant, and loving. First of all, the most obvious reason that shows Doris is mature is caring. When she first saw the puppy on a beautiful, snowy day, wandering up the driveway, she spoke in a soothing voice. This also means she rescued the puppy from the cold and brought it inside where it could warm up. When she took the puppy indoors, her dad said “I don’t know where it came from, but I know for sure…

The Road Not Taken (Web) The Road Not Taken is a poem about the interest and motivation to take different experiences in our life. Inside of a forest, the speaker face the decision of taking two roads. One of them is known from the speaker to be a common road, but he decide to take the less traveled and unknown road. From the speaker, it makes a difference to take the other road to have something to say about his life and experiment a new event. Mother to son (Web) Mother to son is…