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CookieCrumbs · F
This is my favourite line:
Love becomes true when it stops being about “you feeling loved” and becomes about
You loving the feeling that someone else feels loved.
It isn't easy or simple to identify the difference. We all want that feeling of being connected to someone, of having someone care about us and care what happens to us. Love is more fulfilling if what you seek is the feeling of knowing that you make someone feel loved.
I remember a quote I read a long time ago:
"We love to know we are not alone."
One can look at this in 2 ways:
1. We love (act of loving) to know that there is a recipient of that affection.
2. Or that "we love to know" that there is someone who cares about us
One is outwardly focused on the other. While the other perspective is about us and what we get.
p.s. Told yah I would go back to this post to share my thoughts, which I couldn't put together in anything sensible last night when I was very sleepy
Love becomes true when it stops being about “you feeling loved” and becomes about
You loving the feeling that someone else feels loved.
It isn't easy or simple to identify the difference. We all want that feeling of being connected to someone, of having someone care about us and care what happens to us. Love is more fulfilling if what you seek is the feeling of knowing that you make someone feel loved.
I remember a quote I read a long time ago:
"We love to know we are not alone."
One can look at this in 2 ways:
1. We love (act of loving) to know that there is a recipient of that affection.
2. Or that "we love to know" that there is someone who cares about us
One is outwardly focused on the other. While the other perspective is about us and what we get.
p.s. Told yah I would go back to this post to share my thoughts, which I couldn't put together in anything sensible last night when I was very sleepy
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CookieCrumbs · F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@CookieCrumbs go quickly... I'm not sure how you come back from "pumpkin". :)
trackman11 · 61-69, M
trackman11 · 61-69, M
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@trackman11 My pleasure. It's a gift to come across posts like this.🙂
Casheyane · F
@trackman11 I like reading. I also love writing. So no worries there :)
It's a good set of standards, and has the realizations of a grown man. I also thought it's a hard standard to live by when I read it. But that doesn't mean one shouldn't try. Most of the best things require a lot of hardships to reach.
It's a good set of standards, and has the realizations of a grown man. I also thought it's a hard standard to live by when I read it. But that doesn't mean one shouldn't try. Most of the best things require a lot of hardships to reach.
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@Casheyane I share a love for reading and writing. All of my kids love to read. Two of my three sons share my ability to get completely lost in a book. My daughter shares my interest in writing as well. I can see that in how you comment and reply.
lovingRIZA · 61-69, F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@lovingRIZA you are welcome. Thank you for taking the time to read it. :)
lovingRIZA · 61-69, F
@trackman11 Of course. I enjoy reading others' posts, and esp how they relate to me 🤗
Hopelessromantic45 · 51-55, F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@Hopelessromantic45 Thank you. And thank you for taking the time to read it. :)
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@GJOFJ3 Thank you.
silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@silentwriter180 thank you
Simplicity1119 · 46-50, F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@Simplicity1119 Thank you.
KayraJordyn · F
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KayraJordyn · F
@Mguinm I relate to some things you wrote. Others I want to call a lie. Especially when you say love brings out the worst in each other... I don't think hat's love bringing out the worst in us. That's ego, or selfish tendencies. It may happen despite/in spite of love, but I don't think love can actually ever really cause pain. Not real love. Separation can, but that's not love. Love is not hurt. It is the opposite. It is our relief, comfort, reprieve, redemption. :)
I'm sorry if I'm assuming things and not comprehending your point. That's not something I ever want to do, so if you have something to say that could make me understand things differently, I welcome it. Please feel free to explain even further. Tanks!
I'm sorry if I'm assuming things and not comprehending your point. That's not something I ever want to do, so if you have something to say that could make me understand things differently, I welcome it. Please feel free to explain even further. Tanks!
KayraJordyn · F
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@KayraJordyn I think it's hard for people to talk about love, because we use it very loosely. We say that we "love" taco bell or that we "fall" in love or that we "made love". Of course some would argue it's just semantics, but love is an action not a feeling, it's unconditional at best and it's a reflection of the creator not something made by the created. Your reply reflected unconditional love and I hope my little poem did as well, but I know for those who feel like love has failed them or betrayed them, this sounds illogical.