work in progress
What is LOVE? That is the question. Do we know it? Do we know it if we see it? Or hear it? Smell it? What is the intensity of love? Is love permanent? Can it be permanent? All simple, yet very tough questions.
If LOVE is a colour or has a colour linked to it, then it will be a wide spectrum of shades of that colour because love is universal or it is understood to be that, and is expected to be just that or maybe more; the very core of its meaning is to care for somebody or something else other than his or her own self. Then, there is that saying, “You have to love yourself first before you can love others”.
The wide spectrum of shades of colour of LOVE means that different people show love, give love, receive love differently from everybody else, yet the results are the same : the recipient is happy or is supposed to be happy.
Is LOVE a feeling? Can we base LOVE on feelings? “Feelings come, feelings go”, said Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Jojo Fung, SJ; in one of his sermons at mass in 1991. Feelings ride on mood swings. Feelings can be a whim.
Is there true LOVE? True love is a unique and passionate bond that connects you, that wants the best for the other person regardless of what that means for them. It is the foundation for a healthy, loving relationship. True love is authentic and genuine.
LOVE is a decision. It is concrete. You have to make a conscious decision to LOVE. Then, it can lead to everlasting LOVE.
The definition of everlasting love refers to a type of love that endures and lasts for a lifetime and beyond. It is a deep, enduring, and unwavering love that surpasses time and challenges. Is it possible to achieve everlasting love? Can it be a reality? Or is it only for the dreamers? It is a matter of perspective.
There may be hiccups in this LOVE relationship along the way. The journey can be quite bumpy or very bumpy. If you make an unequivocal decision to love, a decision to give without expecting anything back in return; then, it might just work. This everlasting LOVE.
Is LOVE a barter trade? Do we give LOVE in order to get love? Or do we get LOVE in order to give love? It is a choice we make. A choice we have to make. For many people, that choice can be fluid. It depends on the circumstances, life’s environment around then.
The decision to LOVE is personal. The underlining fact is that it is your decision.
NOTES:
It is Friday. I thought I’d write on something off main stream for me. I started off with a one line quote. Then, I added on a couple more lines. Then, more questions are raised. What have I got myself into? I did not want to research on LOVE for fear that it would become too much head knowledge instead of knowledge by experience – what is around us and how we see it…how I see it.
