originally posted in:Otiskin
I respectfully disagree. While people who misunderstand or mislabel something else as love, love itself is (as you said) a "force to be recokened with". When it is really love, it is one of the most pure, true, and noble of emotions.
I'm not usually one to quote scripture, but when the words that are written say my thoughts better than I ever could? I will repeat them.
[quote]What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others.
What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive? I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.
Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. Love never fails!
Everyone who prophesies will stop, and unknown languages will no longer be spoken. All that we know will be forgotten. We don't know everything, and our prophecies are not complete. But what is perfect will someday appear, and what isn't perfect will then disappear.
When we were children, we thought and reasoned as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our childish ways. Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don't know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.
For now there are faith, hope, and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.[/quote]
If the source offends? My apologies. But (at least for me) this is one of the most poetic and best explanation of what love is.
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No offense taken. I guess that love, if its true and for the right reasons, would not be destructive, but a 'strong tower,' however false love or infatuation could be very destructive.
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What is love? I wanna know what love is!
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What is love? Baby dont hurt me...
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[quote]What is love?[/quote] It means know thy self. I wanna tell you a little secret, being the one is just like being in love. No one needs to tell you you are in love, you just know it, through and through.