- #1
Loren Booda
- 3,125
- 4
How many times have you been in love, if ever? Please describe your perception of romantic love, or what you believe love should be.
Love is vulnerability and aching, it is strength on the brink of destruction, it's a bottomless emptiness bottomed out. Love is committment and sweat, love is willingness and sacrifice, it is the height of altruism and selfishness melded into one. Love is a spark that excites every nerve ending any time a certain person's fingernail grazes the surface of your skin and any time her smile flashes before your eyes. Love is a controlled explosion in your heart that boils your blood and swells your extremities, it is quiet and magnificent, bold and risky, and it is the only thing I live for.
Astronuc said:Smurf, why do you consider love a weakness?
I would have to disagree. But then perhaps that depends on one's definition of love, and then we could get into 'true love' vs . . . .
and then they stick a knife in it.Moonbear said:When two people are in love with each other, you always know someone has your back
Evo said:and then they stick a knife in it.
This is what I learned from both sets of Grandparents and my Parents.I Corinthians 13:1-13 said:1: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2: And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3: If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4: Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;
5: it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6: it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
7: Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8: Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
9: For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect;
10: but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.
11: When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
12: For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.
13: So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
legos are pretty precious tooAstronuc said:To love one's spouse (or potential spouse) is to give one's heart and soul, which are the most precious gifts given by one to another, and they are to be cherished and honored as such.
I've always loved that quote.gazzo said:Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Moonbear, the Sisterhood has decided to contact Troy Hurtubise and get you one of his "bear suits" and his "fire paste" to cover it. "Troy Hurtubise says he doesn’t feel the heat, even with a 2000° C blowtorch flame blazing at his head."Moonbear said:Well, tribdog might, but it would never be on purpose, and not with a knife; it would be some unfortunate accident with office supplies or toothpicks or shrapnel from something he blew up.
Evo said:Moonbear, the Sisterhood has decided to contact Troy Hurtubise and get you one of his "bear suits" and his "fire paste" to cover it. "Troy Hurtubise says he doesn’t feel the heat, even with a 2000° C blowtorch flame blazing at his head."
We're going to have everyone at PF pitch in and get you enough (as your wedding present) to cover everything in your house with it.
gazzo said:JasonRox don't fret! Atleast when you do find someone it'll be a bagillion times better!
Loren Booda said:Folks, don't forget unrequited love!
JasonRox said:I have never been in love. It is a shame.
Although I would love to feel what love feels like. :)
gazzo said:Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Seriously though, love owns I'll have to go with more than once.
JasonRox don't fret! Atleast when you do find someone it'll be a bagillion times better!
motai said:*sighs* Been through that. Horrible. Such longing for something I will never have. It creates the worst emotions imaginable. I remember them well, they infested my being and wouldn't get out. It evoked, among other things, a great deal of loneliness and many 'what if' scenarios. The more emotionally attached I was to that person, the more difficult it was to cope with the resultant emotions that followed.
In my opinion, unrequited love is just another form of love, as are all forms. All different forms of love can show the way to what we may know as "true" love, but these forms do not show the way to get there. During my time of emotional heartbreak, I realized that I probably will never achieve the picturesque "true" love but rather a lesser form of it.
Difficult times.
*sighs*
loseyourname said:I can't believe I actually wrote that. I've been in love twice.
The scientific definition of love is a complex set of emotions, behaviors, and beliefs associated with strong feelings of affection, protectiveness, warmth, and respect for another person. It involves a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors.
While love does involve chemical reactions in the brain, it is much more than just that. Love also involves psychological and social factors, such as attachment, trust, and social bonding. These factors work together to create the complex emotion we call love.
Love is a subjective emotion and cannot be measured or quantified in a scientific manner. However, researchers have developed various scales and questionnaires to assess different aspects of love, such as attachment styles and relationship satisfaction.
No, love can be experienced and expressed differently by different individuals. Factors such as culture, upbringing, and personal experiences can influence how someone perceives and expresses love. However, the basic components of love, such as affection, respect, and attachment, are universal.
While science can provide insight into the biological, psychological, and social aspects of love, it cannot fully explain the complex emotion. Love is a deeply personal and subjective experience that goes beyond scientific explanation.