DOES REAL LOVE EXIST? (47)

Feb 4, 2013 12:35 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
EGURE98: BROKEN HEART IS A COMMON PHENOMENON IN THIS PRESENT ERA.I FIND OUT LATELY THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF REAL LOVE FOR HEART BREAK,AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY DON"T LOVE.REASON FOR THIS IS JUST TO ALLOW PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVEN IF HEART BREAK SEEMS TO BE COMMON THERE ARE STILL REAL AND IDEAL PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE GENIUE LOVE.



To few people who adore each other -- YES Real Love do exist ...heart beating
Feb 4, 2013 12:49 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
purr4mance
purr4mancepurr4manceCleveland, Ohio USA4,825 Posts
jono7: weeellll... i'm no expert, that's for sure..

but i think whatever it is we see, being reflected back to us, is quite possibly what we need to look at within ourselves.
everything we create in our lives is by choice.
sometimes it's a question of recognizing our choices, and placing focus on that which we would prefer. i also believe we get what we focus on. focus on love creates more love. focus on absence of love creates more absence...yanno...i don't know about you, but i often am not who i think i am...


I want to respond to this and will later today. BUT

I have to be up by six so to bed for me.

I enjoyed talking with you and this certainly is an interesting subject.
Feb 4, 2013 12:59 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
jono7
jono7jono7Out West, British Columbia Canada3 Threads 8,017 Posts
purr4mance: I want to respond to this and will later today. BUT

I have to be up by six so to bed for me.

I enjoyed talking with you and this certainly is an interesting subject.


lol...i was just going to say the same thing.. laugh
Feb 4, 2013 10:04 PM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
purr4mance
purr4mancepurr4manceCleveland, Ohio USA4,825 Posts
jono7: weeellll... i'm no expert, that's for sure..

but i think whatever it is we see, being reflected back to us, is quite possibly what we need to look at within ourselves.
everything we create in our lives is by choice.
sometimes it's a question of recognizing our choices, and placing focus on that which we would prefer. i also believe we get what we focus on. focus on love creates more love. focus on absence of love creates more absence...yanno...i don't know about you, but i often am not who i think i am...


All sounds reasonable… yabbut..... Except


I will not allow someone else to define me.
Feb 4, 2013 10:55 PM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
jono7
jono7jono7Out West, British Columbia Canada3 Threads 8,017 Posts
purr4mance: All sounds reasonable… yabbut..... ExceptI will not allow someone else to define me.


wave

i don't know that someone else can define you... laugh

i think it's more about noticing what you notice about oneself.
looking deeper. finding more of you.

as for... i am often not who i think i am...
my denial is well entrenched in some areas.i'm a pro at justifying my own bad behavior at times...laugh
sometimes it takes a pretty big mirror to make it clear to me, and see that which is reflected back to me. sometimes the mirror is just pointing out something i need to think about as far as the choices i make.

so i am always defining me. no one can make anyone else do something or be something they don't already want to be, because one has to agree. yanno...?
Feb 4, 2013 11:14 PM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
purr4mance
purr4mancepurr4manceCleveland, Ohio USA4,825 Posts
jono7: i don't know that someone else can define you...

i think it's more about noticing what you notice about oneself.
looking deeper. finding more of you.

as for... i am often not who i think i am...
my denial is well entrenched in some areas.i'm a pro at justifying my own bad behavior at times...
sometimes it takes a pretty big mirror to make it clear to me, and see that which is reflected back to me. sometimes the mirror is just pointing out something i need to think about as far as the choices i make.

so i am always defining me. no one can make anyone else do something or be something they don't already want to be, because one has to agree. yanno...?


Bad behavior can be fun sometimes...

I get what you're saying. Sometimes though I fight what I know is for the best. Can't figure out why???

"no one can make anyone else do something or be something they don't already want to be"

Planting seeds and thus a connection is born.


thumbs up

gotta go. Exhausted. Thanks
Feb 4, 2013 11:33 PM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
CHOLENA
CHOLENACHOLENAStrasbourg, Grand Est France6 Threads 242 Posts
Real love is not something that just happens: it is something that grows over time. I have always seen a difference between 'falling in love' and actually having love between two people.

People 'fall in love' all the time, but really it is only infatuation. You cannot love someone you don't really know, and it takes a long time to know someone, deeply and truly. Real love grows and develops over time as people spend time together and live through the ups and downs of life together. 'Falling in love' with someone generally means falling in love with the idea of someone, not the reality of someone. Knowing, understanding and loving the full reality of another person takes time. Also, people in a relationship need to truly connect and bond. When the pretenses are down, when the true persons are known, loved and respected, that is when real love begins. Most of the time people are putting their best foot forward in order to be loved and desired, most of the time they are not fully, truly, always their real selves, not until some time passes, sometimes years, and that is why relationships fail.

There is a huge difference between falling or being 'in love' and having real love in your life.
Feb 5, 2013 5:05 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Halv0
Halv0Halv0Marcoola, Queensland Australia19 Threads 766 Posts
CHOLENA: Real love is not something that just happens: it is something that grows over time. I have always seen a difference between 'falling in love' and actually having love between two people.

People 'fall in love' all the time, but really it is only infatuation. You cannot love someone you don't really know, and it takes a long time to know someone, deeply and truly. Real love grows and develops over time as people spend time together and live through the ups and downs of life together. 'Falling in love' with someone generally means falling in love with the idea of someone, not the reality of someone. Knowing, understanding and loving the full reality of another person takes time. Also, people in a relationship need to truly connect and bond. When the pretenses are down, when the true persons are known, loved and respected, that is when real love begins. Most of the time people are putting their best foot forward in order to be loved and desired, most of the time they are not fully, truly, always their real selves, not until some time passes, sometimes years, and that is why relationships fail.

There is a huge difference between falling or being 'in love' and having real love in your life.


applause S o T r u e yay
Feb 5, 2013 5:08 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
L_B76
L_B76L_B76Italy,Germany ,Switzerland, Greater London, England UK8 Threads 1 Polls 1,117 Posts
EGURE98: BROKEN HEART IS A COMMON PHENOMENON IN THIS PRESENT ERA.I FIND OUT LATELY THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF REAL LOVE FOR HEART BREAK,AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY DON"T LOVE.REASON FOR THIS IS JUST TO ALLOW PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVEN IF HEART BREAK SEEMS TO BE COMMON THERE ARE STILL REAL AND IDEAL PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE GENIUE LOVE.

lately only 1 LOVE is real...
the Love for greens....grin grin grin
Feb 5, 2013 7:52 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
Yes, real love does exist. One should always believe that it exists, cause if/when we stop believing it'll not only die out of our world but also within our own hearts.
Feb 5, 2013 8:05 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Eble300
Eble300Eble300girard, Ohio USA2 Posts
EGURE98: BROKEN HEART IS A COMMON PHENOMENON IN THIS PRESENT ERA.I FIND OUT LATELY THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF REAL LOVE FOR HEART BREAK,AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY DON"T LOVE.REASON FOR THIS IS JUST TO ALLOW PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVEN IF HEART BREAK SEEMS TO BE COMMON THERE ARE STILL REAL AND IDEAL PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE GENIUE LOVE.



I totally agree. Though many people have taken advantage of it and despite the fact that some people dont believe in it. I think its real and it happens. Its a feeling one has to experience first hand. Its a matter of dedication, honesty and believe.
Feb 6, 2013 3:33 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
ichliebedu
ichliebeduichliebedukolkata, West Bengal India5 Posts
Balles: YES!!! REAL LOVE EXISTS.


Forget the word " REAL "

LOVE is LOVE only...if you have a HEART... !...You Will Only
Feel LOVE...!
Feb 6, 2013 7:07 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
justjim63
justjim63justjim63port macquarie, New South Wales Australia14 Threads 2,592 Posts
Yes, i think love is real, but it takes many forms and no two loves are the same, Besides what are we talking about here, love of partner? love of children? love of money of possessions, love of self? love is like a fingerprint it's unique to each individual. wine
Feb 7, 2013 12:45 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Bluefish22
Bluefish22Bluefish22Chooksville, Bay of Plenty New Zealand16 Threads 1 Polls 909 Posts
Yes, real love is all around us. Trees, birds, nature, we are all loves creations. Close your eyes and feel it. Spirit is love. Create your own connection with it and we can all hope for a better planet.
Feb 7, 2013 12:47 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
CHOLENA
CHOLENACHOLENAStrasbourg, Grand Est France6 Threads 242 Posts
L_B76: lately only 1 LOVE is real...
the Love for greens....
Oh, you're so right. I love vegetables too!! grin
Feb 7, 2013 12:50 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Bluefish22
Bluefish22Bluefish22Chooksville, Bay of Plenty New Zealand16 Threads 1 Polls 909 Posts
justjim63: Yes, i think love is real, but it takes many forms and no two loves are the same, Besides what are we talking about here, love of partner? love of children? love of money of possessions, love of self? love is like a fingerprint it's unique to each individual.

Love is the universal essence of life. 'To love' people and things is a little different I think. We can have love, but 'to love' I think, involves the ego, certainly in respect to money and conditional love for people ie attachment.
Feb 7, 2013 4:32 AM CST DOES REAL LOVE EXIST?
Halv0
Halv0Halv0Marcoola, Queensland Australia19 Threads 766 Posts
Bluefish22: Love is the universal essence of life. 'To love' people and things is a little different I think. We can have love, but 'to love' I think, involves the ego, certainly in respect to money and conditional love for people ie attachment.


Isn't English such a fickled language. This one word with so many contexts based on subject and intent of what precedes it and comes after it.

Some think "Eros" translated into English is "love". Some think "Philia" translated into English is "love", then there is "Agape" that is translated into "love". Here are just three completely different things with entirely different meanings in another language that is translated into this one word "love" in English.

No wonder so many are confused by the misapplication of this word to so many things and contexts.

This is why this question has been asked, because of the confusion of meaning of this one little word.....
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