"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived".
Monday, April 5, 2010
what is love?
Funny how love is so difficult to define -- or maybe it's the condition of being "in love" that stumps us. God is love -- check; greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends -- absolutely; love is blind -- maybe; love is not having to say you're sorry -- nah; love is this; love is that. So many definitions, so many opinions and so many nuances. What IS love? How does an imperfect human being know when they feel love -- when they are IN love? Songwriters, poets, greeting card companies, authors, psychologists, gurus, astrologists .... they all try in vain to define love. What is the formula? Is it sweaty palms, heart palpitations, warm fuzziness, constant thoughts of the other person, euphoria, peace, a desire to do anything for their favor, heartbreak at the thought of losing them, physical sensations that defy description, a yearning that can only be assuaged when they are present? -- any of the above? all of the above? What is LOVE? When does wanting to love become LOVE? When does falling in love become LOVE? Ultimately, love is RISK. It's taking a flying leap into absolute uncertainty, hoping the other person leaps too.
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