{"id":583,"date":"2014-03-13T07:26:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T07:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2016-06-25T07:57:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T06:57:41","slug":"what-then-is-this-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/what-then-is-this-love\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT THEN IS THIS LOVE???"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m confused, even at a loss\u2026.don\u2019t have a clue what to write about this word<\/p>\n

I probably must have used it, heard it countless times but still can\u2019t fully digest its meaning.<\/p>\n

What best defines love; is it eros, agape, storge or phileo?<\/p>\n

Yea, you just easily said Agape (even without thinking). But how many times have you really shown that kind of love (yea, think twice).<\/p>\n

People say love is not expectant; yet people want to love and by all means be loved back<\/p>\n

I feel love is just an emotional roller coaster (hmmm, you disagree). Then explain why you can love someone so dearly today and tomorrow you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

And the religious converts would EASILY say \u201clove your neighbour as you love yourself\u201d. Remove all religious sentimentality; can you really love anybody half as much as you love yourself?<\/p>\n

Maybe love is just another bore game aimed at getting sympathetic companionship from other players in the same circus.<\/p>\n

An old friend once defined love as \u201ctwo people living in the same insanity\u201d. I think I can relate with that. It explains so many things. Maybe that\u2019s why when one of the couple becomes sane from the aforementioned insanity, the love game reaches an abrupt end.<\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m not going to relate love with the February 14 drama; it\u2019s not even close to love. I\u2019d rather listen to a 4 hour boring sermon or lock myself in the comfort of my lonely apartment playing chess all by myself than be with those attention seekers that conspicuously wait for every February 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

You may be feel that there is so much vile and hatred in my words. But I\u2019d call it the unknowing hatred of truth on your part<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve once seen a lady who loves her fianc\u00e9 but can\u2019t stand his snoring habits; I never knew love could be so contradictory<\/p>\n

Not to walk the self-righteous path but I think I even understand love better than most of you even though I earlier said I can\u2019t digest its full meaning.<\/p>\n

I choose not to discuss this term with most people because it is often associated with hypocrisy and bias.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve made a decision to use synonyms related to love but not the actual word itself. Not for lack of wanting to but maybe until I can at least grasp half its meaning<\/p>\n

When I see the deeds of people who often use this term (including those that act like they have lived all their life in a temple), I deride the word even more.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t judge me or grunt at my words or act like I sit next to you in grubby attire right by your rich garment in an eventless Sunday mass. I\u2019m only on a mission to find truth<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t show me, then maybe I\u2019d be forced to believe love is only something that can be borne of heaven. Maybe that even explains why there is so little love on earth.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d stop here not for lack of ink but to fully absorb that which is running through my mind\u2026
\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Shawn<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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