Tuesday 2 October 2012

What is Love?







Have you ever thought that what is love actually? Love is a strong feeling or connection to a person or a principle. The feelings can be attractions, enjoyment or even affection and tend to influence our behavior or actions towards a certain individual or situation. Love is a virtue that rarely ends and it gives us insight to situations and determines our emotions.











For one to love other people they first need to love themselves genuinely and when they are truly in love they tend to feel a sense of excitement when they are around the one they love. Then they also tend to be very sensitive towards their feeling which sometimes is unexplainable. Love has a lot of power and may affect us negatively if we do not harness its power correctly. When the power of love is used properly it helps us achieve our goals even beyond our very own expectations.
Love has a few important characteristics which include:
  • Love is patient
  • Love does not boast
  • Love does not envy
  • Love is kind
  • Love connects two individuals more than just physically and moves to the emotional side and enhances comfort. For love to be real it should be experienced and not just felt.





 Love has 4 different types, agape love which is unconditional love and is much deeper than others and may involve helping another person with no expectation of them ever repaying you back. Eros love which is described as passionate love and mostly involves sexual connections much deeper than physical connection, it generally involves intimacy.
Philia love is another type of love which involves caring of others such as friends or family members by providing to their needs without expecting something in return and it is similar to agape love. This kind of love exists among people who know each other. Storage love is the last type of love and exist among family members but is not easily seen but it is known to exist. All in all, when one asks as what is love, tell them it is a never ending virtue.

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