Friday, 2 October 2015 at 09:32 with ≡
Love is...
I pondered a lot on this topic for the longest time, there were so many things that come into the picture when you start talking about it. Love can come in a form of a person, a pet, a hobby, food or whatever. I just can't put my finger on it as to what love is to me.
I believe love has two sides to it.
Maybe let me just start by talking about the positive side of love.
Love is patient, love is kind, love is pretty much unconditional. Love brings me joy and happiness and I derive satisfaction when I see the people around me, contented. Love lets me understand that it's okay to give and expect nothing in return. You can do a lot of things when you love a certain someone or something. Love is FANTASTIC at this point.
But what I don't really understand is that being human, we do need to feel appreciated from time to time, we need to feel loved as well. If we keep giving and giving, wouldn't we be exhausted, wouldn't we just run out of it one day?
And if you just love something/someone regardless of their actions, wouldn't you be considered naive if one day, they decide to just take advantage of your love that you've so generously given to them?
That also brings me to the negative side of love. Love is pain. Love is confusing.
If you continuously love someone despite being in pain ( physically or mentally ), is it right to claim that you're just plain stupid for being taken advantage of or it's so sacrificial ( because you're doing it despite you being in so much pain? ).
Love is also confusing. People always say each and every one of us have different ways of loving someone. And my way may be different from yours. And the others from the latter. So on and so forth. So how do I know if your way of loving is of the same status as compared to someone else's way? Is there really a measure to such things?
Is love really a great thing after all? Or are humans complicating this issue of love wayyyy too much.
I may have ended up with more questions about this topic rather than discussing it. Heh. I'm just really... maybe I think too much haha.
Labels: thinking tank, thoughts
