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Wysłany: Nie 14:06, 13 Mar 2011 Temat postu: A Meaning of Love |
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Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. ~ Kahlil Gibran,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Love is a mystery element. Defining it has challenged mankind for centuries. I think that defining love has to be left for each individual to accomplish,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but there can be many things said to point you individuals along the right path.
Did you ever share your lunch at school with someone who had no lunch? That's love. Have you ever spent an afternoon listening to a worried employee? That's love. Have you ever given up a great parking space to someone else? That's love. When you stand before a magnificent building or painting, it is love inside you that inspires your awe. Psychologists have tried to slice and dice love down into components. The world has been striving for centuries to absorb an understanding of this grandest of all feelings. Just when we think we've got it, yet another aspect manifests itself.
St. Valentine Day honors the Roman citizen who died rather than decry his faith. That is one form of love. Giving cards,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], flowers and candy is another form made popular in our time. Do you notice that love assumes many different forms? What form has it assumed in your life?
Love is very frequently selfless. You have to step outside of your own wishes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], wants, and desires to offer love to another with no thought of accruing any benefit for yourself. This love creates intimacy and trust. Sometimes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], simply listening to another individual is a high form of love. If you think about the person's goodness while you listen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], love is exponentially enhanced.
Love has been defined as platonic, romantic, familial, religious. We all know of examples where love is absent: war,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], rivalry,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], fighting,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], betrayal,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], even hatred and murder. This is not the fault of love. This is an erroneous stepping away from the concept and forgetting about its existence. One can always step back into this warmer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], more charitable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], definition of Love. Forgiveness allows love to return.
Honoring each individual as we interface with them and accepting them for who they are, what they have understood, and the potential they have yet to reach is the most practical form of love. Striving to be harmonious when together,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to listen to them describe their joy-filled or sorrow-filled experiences, to create space for your friends,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], your employees,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], your family to be who they are, this is love. "And Love will grow, for all we know." ~ Karen Carpenter
Self-love isn't always seen as a virtue,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but rather,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a vice. I have always taken the stand that unless I love myself first,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there simply will never be enough to offer to any other. I believe that self-love is essential. It is part of the mandate to "Know Thyself" and it is the most tender form of love I've experienced. It is simply Truth in a whispered form. It is telling one's self the truth that "I am good." Unless one can embrace this truth,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he cannot accept Love from any other. While loving one another is praiseworthy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], loving one's self is absolutely necessary as a prerequisite. I wish you love.
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