What is LOVE!!!!!

This subject has been of utmost interest since ages and found its presence in various forms of arts as paintings, theatre, literature,poetry...



but can it be defined or can the feeling be put into words??? naaa... I dont think thats possible...

the feeling or emotion called love is soo deep, so strong, so powerful that its a difficult task to put it into words. As it is said the feeling is beyond words.. Perhaps we even havent truly understood what love means...

Love is universal. Knows no boundary as in distance, relation, situation. Love can be anywhere and one can fall in love with anybody. it can be people, animal, birds, nature, just anything. n most important of all its the purest feeling when it was created. Its sad that the word has been abused and throttled by HUMAN beings who possibly never tried to understand the word in its truest sense and never even took any efforts to do so. They just manipulated it for they own selfish reasons.Did everything they could in the name of LOVE

I have noticed many a times, what people often call LOVE is conditional or its part of some sort of a barter trade. ' Oh...I Love You so much FOR.....'

Love cant be traded. It can be only shared. its more about giving rather than receiving. If you ever love someone you would experience the joy of giving rather than receiving n understand the difference between the two. Love has to be selfless. We have to think beyond ourselves inorder to love others more than we love ourselves. A quote from a friend of mine. It is all about 'WE' and not 'ME'. and Love is what makes 'WE'.. its the binding factor. :)

Love can be silent. one doesnt need to express it everytime. it is a feeling which is to be understood. :)

there are some interesting thoughts about love shared by my friends...(excerpts from the discussion started by Rohit)

Rohit:

Hi Guys,I think this will be an interesting topic to yack on .. Can one survive on food air n water or does one really need true love.. I guess most of ur are blessed with true love so why not share ur thoughts abt this b`ful feeling ..... and if there is someting called TRUE LOVE how does one find out of so many which is the "D ONE "..:-)

Kalpana :

of course there is true love...n i have found it more than once..:P...yes we can survive on food, water n air....but thts all it'll be...a survival....to live u need love....u need something to hang on to whn life is cruel to u n pushes u down...if u ask me how to find it...will be lost here...coz i never went searching for true love....it found me....n it doesnt necesaarily have to be da love from ur partner...wat our parents shower on us is also true love na....wat i get frm my children is also true love....n since rohit asked it cupla days back in a thread...will answer it here aptly...my kinda guy...am a sucker for a guy who is not scared to show he cares (bel me, most of thm are)

Krithi:

I discovered true love when i realised the ppl around me accepted the way im ......i knew i wasnt doing that great or i knew i was bad ......still my near ones where there with me in my bad times . and we celebrated the gud times together .............thats when i felt the warmth of the word "love " ..................

Nisha:

Maslow's Theory ....:)
Love and belonging needs: When the individual's physiological and safety needs are met, needs for love and belongingness emerge. These needs include longings for an intimate relationship with another person as well as the need to belong to a group and to feel accepted. Maslow emphasized that these needs involve both giving and receiving love.

Me:

love just as air or water is essential to live ..... one of the many things but not the only thing..:) my opinion it is one of the most beautiful feelings or emotions created by god... if u r able to love then it means u r alive!!!.. no love=death ...:P.. love can be everywhere n anywhere.. i find it even in the strays around.. n dat is unconditional too.. :)....my dad always quotes..A Love loves a Love and a Hate hates a Hate... :)

One can go on writing on this topic till ages or pages :P.

so bubbye for now.. n yeah people.. Keep Loving....:) ....